The second Friday in March is Solar Appreciation Day! We’re taking advantage of this opportunity to share the major benefits of sun power.
The source of solar energy—the sun—is nearly limitless and can be accessed anywhere on earth at one time or another.
Solar panel installation costs are way down.
New solar technologies are capturing more and more of the sun’s rays.
Silicon solar cells can withstand the test of time. In 1954, Bell Laboratories built the first silicon solar cell—the template for nearly all of the solar PV technologies in use today.
Solar can help restart the grid if it goes down. Typically, a signal from a spinning turbine—like that from a coal or natural gas plant—is required to “set the beat” of the grid.
Solar has been one of the top three new sources of generation added to the grid in the last seven years.
Solar costs have fallen dramatically. The cost of an average-size residential solar energy system decreased 55% between 2010 and 2018.
Solar panels are a manufactured product that take significantly less energy to fabricate than they produce over their lifetime.
