The need to reduce our energy usage is imperative for the survival of our planet. Solar energy is a renewable resource that can reduce our carbon footprint and save us money as well. To use solar power effectively a good system needs to be in place. Knowing what you want to power in your home will determine what type of system you need. If you want to power as much as possible, a photovoltaic system is needed, which has inverters that use the energy from the sun and turn it into More »

Usually we think about the particular costs of using a certain type of energy. It is not often that we think of the cost of not using another type of energy. Many are now suggesting that we should be thinking about what we are paying by not using solar energy.

Solar energy is something that is literally given to us for free. If we are not taking the time to utilize this and really put it to good use, then we are throwing away something that is free. That is More »

If not for the solar energy the Earth gains from its closest star, the Sun, it would be a cold rock unable to support life as we know it. This planet’s biosphere is entirely dependent on the life-giving energy of the sun, both directly and indirectly.

Man has adapted ways to utilize this energy to do work that may have formerly been the domain of dirty power sources like fossil fuels. Employing photons delivered naturally to the location where work is to be done automatically affects More »

Solar energy is different than most other types of energy in several very important ways. Once way that solar energy distinguishes itself is that solar is a sustainable form of energy. In other words, solar energy is not depleted no matter how much of the sun’s energy that we use
Being sustainable, and virtually inexhaustible, also means that solar energy is a reliable resource for the world’s future energy needs. In comparison, other energy sources, like oil and natural gas, are finite in their supply.I found some more information here. Another drawback of oil and gas More »