SOLAR ENERGY
LESSON 4
Advantages and Disadvantages of Solar Energy
Advantages
- Solar energy is pollution free and is a renewable energy which is cost free.
- In remote places, solar energy is very helpful where there are no easy ways to get eletricity
- Solar energy is very useful for low power equipments like garden lights and battery chargers.
Disadvantages
- Solar Energy works only during the day time.
- Solar power stations are very expensive .Solar cells cost a great deal compared to the amount of electricity they'll produce in their lifetime.
- Solar energy is very unreliable unless you're in a very sunny climate. In the Great Britan, solar power isn't of much use except for low-power applications, as you need a very large area of solar panels to get a decent amount of power. However, solar energy is worth whilefor the low power applications.
Bibliography
www.darvill.clara.net/altenerg/
http://wwwphys.murdoch.edu.au/