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In a single second, the sun generates enough energy
to supply all U.S. energy needs for 9,000,000 years.
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Solar energy is the most abundant energy resource
in the world. Every day, more sunlight is available than the world
can use for all its energy needs.
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Solar panels generate electricity when photons in
sunlight knock loose electrons in silicon — the same material
used in PC chips. The silicon is sandwiched between two metal plates;
electrons flow from one to the other.
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Solar power has long been the Mercedes-Benz of the
renewable energy industry: sleek, quiet, low-maintenance.
- Through PV we can save billions of tones of CO2 ,create millions of
jobs and power homes throughout the world with renewable energy.
- Roughly 100 square miles of solar panels placed in the southwestern
U.S. could
power the entire country.
- The solar industry is expected to triple in the next three years,
from about $13 billion to $40 billion in revenue
- Every MW of solar energy produced results in 37 new jobs.
- Venture-capital firms pumped $264 million into solar companies in
2006, up from
$64 million in 2004
- The U.S. currently has about 700 megawatts of installed generation
from solar panels connected to the grid, according to research by the
consulting firm Navigant. That represents less than 1% of all of the
electricity generated in the U.S. About half of that generation comes
from residential solar generators
United States Solar Applications
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Global demand for solar energy will grow 40 percent
annually for the remainder of the decade without a US federal incentive
program.
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In the United States nearly one megawatt [1,000 kilowatts]
of new solar energy capacity is being installed per business day.
- The outlook for solar energy in the US envisions 110 GW of new solar
power capacity by 2016, resulting from a 67% compound annual growth
rate
- Solar power accounts for well under 1% of U.S. electricity generation
- Solar energy is the most abundant energy resource in the world. Every
day, more sunlight is available than the world can use for all its energy
needs.
In a single second, the sun generates enough energy to supply all U.S.
energy needs for 9,000,000 years.
- One-fifth of all solar energy systems installed in the U.S. to date
are already located in California.
- NJ ranks second in the country to California with about 38 Megawatts
of solar installed. California has about 217 megawatts.
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