A massive
study on solar power by researchers came to conclusion that solar energy holds
the best potential for meeting the planet's long-term energy needs while
reducing greenhouse gases.
With the flourishing of Solar
Power Energy throughout the world, the sky will be much bluer, the water will
be cleaner and clear; that our homeland will be full of sunshine. The next
generations will chase each other happily in the bright sunshine and fragrance
of beautiful flowers, that a green civilization will be spread to every inch of
the Earth.
Following studies all around the world prove the energy of Solar
Power and scope in the future:-
1. In 2009, the total global electricity consumption was 20,279,640
GWh. The sun creates more energy than that in one hour.
2.The amount of solar energy that falls on the earth’s surface in
40 minutes equals the total annual energy consumption of all the world’s
people. Put differently, 27 years’ worth of worldwide energy consumption equals
only one day’s worth of solar energy hitting the earth.
3. All the energy in the
earth’s reserves of coal, oil, and natural gas equal just 20 days of energy
produced by the sun, but only 1% of that solar energy is used to generate
power.
So how far away is solar from meeting 100% of the world's energy needs?
Eight doublings, says Ray Kurzweil, which will take just 16 years. And supply
is not an issue either, he adds: "After we double eight more times and
we’re meeting all of the world’s energy needs through solar, we’ll be using 1
part in 10,000 of the sunlight that falls on the earth. And we could put
efficient solar farms on a few percent of the unused deserts of the world and
meet all of our energy needs.
Many industrialized nations have installed significant solar power capacity into their grids to
supplement or provide an alternative to conventional
energy sources while an
increasing number of less developed nations have turned to solar to reduce
dependence on expensive imported fuels.
As in the year before, the top installers of 2014 were China, followed by Japan and the United States, while the United
Kingdom emerged as new European
leader ahead of Germany and France.
Germany remains for one more year the world's largest producer of solar power
with an overall installed capacity of 38.2 GW.
California’s Topaz project is the largest solar power plant in the world
with a 550 MW capacity, and it is now in full operation. It is located in San Luis Obispo County and has 9 million
solar panels.
A solar-powered airplane currently soaring over the Pacific Ocean,
from Japan to Hawaii, has set a slew of new world records, logging the farthest
and longest flights made so far in a solar-powered aircraft.The Solar Impulse 2
plane set
the new distance and duration records when it flew 3,519 miles (5,663
kilometers) in 80 hours. The solar-powered aircraft is currently partway
through a planned journey around the world."Can you imagine that a
solar-powered airplane without fuel can now fly longer than a jet plane?!"
Bertrand Piccard, chairman, co-founder and alternate pilot of Solar Impulse
(the company that owns the plane), said
in a statement. "This is a clear message that clean technologies can
achieve impossible goals!"
For
more information and interesting facts about solar energy wait for my next
blog.
By CA Shivani Agarwal
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