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Solar Energy Facts
Picture a power supply that is…
CLEAN, HABITABLE, SILENT & COULD PROVIDE ENOUGH ELECTRIC POWER FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY…
- The earth receives more energy from the sun in just one hour than the world uses in a whole year.
- Accounting for only 5% of the world’s population, Americans consume 26% of the world’s energy.
- It has been estimated that by converting a million homes in North America with solar energy, 4.3 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions could be avoided, which is the rough equivalent of eliminating 850,000 cars from the roads.
- Currently, more than 10,000 homes in the United States are powered entirely by solar energy.
- Germany is the largest installer of solar panels but they are also one of the cloudiest nations.
- In the period of 1997 to 2005, the solar energy market grew by a factor of 10; and analysts are anticipating similar evolution in the following decade.
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