Benefits
The energy source that is the most
Clean and abundant
It is _________ to build/put in solar panels
Expensive
Solar energy starts here
The sun/the sun hitting solar panels
The nation faced an energy crisis
1970s
Amount of solar power capacity in 2008
Can be used for
Many different needs
Solar panels take up
A lot of space
What the electricity from the sun flows to
Inverter
1839
When solar cells were first discovered to be able to convert sunlight into electricity
70%
The price cut in solar panels today
Saves you money by
Lowering electricity bills
Changes in weather make solar energy less
Reliable/consistent
This type of electricity is most commonly used for housing electricity needs
AC
Studied solar energy throughout the 1900s
Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison
97+ gigawatts
The sun is something we always have which makes solar energy...
A renewable energy source
Can potentially leak from panels
Pollutants
This is what the AC energy flows to from the inverter
The breaker box
This is when solar energy began to be prominently implemented in the US
After the energy crisis/1974
Have increased 167% in the last decade
Solar energy is ____ growing
Quickly/fast
People tend to believe that solar energy can take ____ away from people
Jobs
Transmission towers
Where unused energy goes
1883
The first rooftop solar panel was created
The modern-day photovoltaic cell was developed
In 1954