Essays on Solar Energy

America's Potential for Renewable Energy America has enormous potential for renewable energy sources that may be harnessed at reasonable costs while also assuring environmental sustainability. Despite the high costs compared to traditional energy sources such as fossil fuels, empirical and theoretical research has proven that the majority of citizens can afford...

Manufacturers of portable computer devices have struggled to put the best products on the market that are both powerful and long-lasting while powered on in a constantly changing world. This is a result of battery power restrictions, which have not improved as much as other hardware and software. Recent improvements...

Global warming is the steady heating of the earth's surface, atmosphere, and oceans, and scientists have attempted to find strategies to manage heating levels in order to mitigate the ever-increasing environmental threat. According to Environmental Protection Agency data, the earth's temperature has risen by 1.4 degrees during the last century....

Monocrystalline photovoltaic electric solar energy panels are the oldest and most dependable kind of solar energy. The module is built of a single silicon crystal, which is very efficient, and the production process is comparable to that of semi-conductors. Nevertheless, the solar cells are complex and huge, with a capacity...

Dr. Chris Granet and the Founding of Solyndra Dr. Chris Granet founded a startup renewable energy company in Fremont, California in 2005. This firm, now known as Solyndra, specializes in the production of tubular solar tubular panels. The company's offering was unrivaled by any other product on the market in the...

During the tour to the Frick Environmental Center in Pittsburgh I realized that there is a wide variety of environmental sustainable strategies that can be adopted by man. However, a noteworthy sustainable strategy was the Solar Energy PV Array at Parking Canopy. This sustainable strategy entails masking up the parking lot with...

Solar Energy: An Enticing Alternative Solar energy provides an enticing alternative to current energy supplies that are now being used. This is the most readily available source of energy which exceeds the energy requirements of the planet both now and in the future. In addition, as a green energy source, it...