Solar energy is a non-polluting renewable energy source that harnesses energy from sunlight through photovoltaic cells made of silicone. It has advantages of being reliable and producing no noise or pollution but has disadvantages of being expensive to install and requiring a large area. Solar panels use photons from the sun to create an electrical current and have warranties of 25 years, though the technology was first invented in 1883 by Charles Fritts with only 1% efficiency.

1. Solar Energy By: Mitch, Danny, and Nicky

3. Very reliable, most solar panels have a 25 year warranty

4. Source: the sun(reliable resource)

5. Expensive, but saves money and the environment in the long run

7. Location, can possibly be a bad source of sunlight

8. Very expensive

11. When the photons hit the solar cell, the electrons flow to form what we know as electricity

14. Every minute enough solar energy reaches the earth to meet global energy demands for a year

15. The sunlight that reaches the earth is about 200,000 times the total electrical energy generated by humans everyday

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18. 2. T/F- Solar energy is cheap.

19. 3. Name one disadvantage of solar energy.

20. 4. Each solar panel lasts for how long?

21. 5. Who first invented the use of solar energy?

23. 2. False

24. 3. Expensive

25. 4. 25 years

26. 5. Charles Fritts

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