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readmore : top 10 fun facts about solar power part(1) The solar industry is full of technical articles, design innovations, and policy changes.  Sifting through all this information can be daunting, so I have compiled a list of some interesting facts you may not have known about Solar Power.  The first practical solar cell was created by Bell Laboratories in 1954.  It only produced 1 Watt of energy and cost $250 for that 1 Watt. If you covered 10,000 square miles of land in the American Southwest, it would generate enough power to meet the energy needs of the entire United States.  Although this seems like a lot of land, the US has strip-mined an equivalent amount for coal. Half of the solar panels produced worldwide are consumed by Japan in their residential sector. Just like the rest of life on earth is controlled by the sun, wind is caused by radiant heating and cooling.  In theory, this makes wind energy the perfect complement to solar. Fossil fuels are simp...

fact 1 : Every hour the sun beams onto Earth more than enough energy to satisfy global energy needs for an entire year. Solar energy is the technology used to harness the sun's energy and make it useable. Today, the technology produces less than one tenth of one percent of global energy demand. fact 2 : Many people are familiar with so-called photovoltaic cells, or solar panels, found on things like spacecraft, rooftops, and handheld calculators. The cells are made of semiconductor materials like those found in computer chips. When sunlight hits the cells, it knocks electrons loose from their atoms. As the electrons flow through the cell, they generate electricity. fact 3 : On a much larger scale, solar thermal power plants employ various techniques to concentrate the sun's energy as a heat source. The heat is then used to boil water to drive a steam turbine that generates electricity in much the same fashion as coal and nuclear power plants, supplying electricity for thousand...