Humanity has always needed energy for production and labor. For most of history, such energy was derived from human and animal labor, such as oxen and horses drawing carriages or farm plows. This changed with the Industrial Revolution, when far greater means of production and the energy needed to drive it all were developed. Factories became robust centers of production, and steam power became commonplace. Steam power could drive factory machines and vehicles alike, such as steam-powered ships and trains across the industrialized world. In the late 1800s, electricity was pioneered by Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison, who developed the modern power grid and many inventions that used electricity. In the 20th century, nuclear power was developed as well, and later on, clean energy such as solar power and wind turbines were developed, too. Today, the fossil fuel industry has come under some scrutiny due to its constant pollution, so commercial solar panel installation and residential solar panels are being used to replace those dirtier energy sources. How might this work? When is it time for commercial solar panel installation?
On Solar Power
Solar power ranks among the “clean” energy sources, since it produces no pollution or in fact any by products at all, no matter how much power is generated from it. This means that enough commercial solar panel installation may phase out a lot of polluting power plants and greatly reducing aerial emissions, which is good for the natural environment and city air quality alike. The benefits of solar extend to its source of power: the sun. A coal seam or an oil patch or natural gas pocket my run dry, but the sun exists on an astronomical scale. Every day, more solar power flows across the Earth than is used across all of human civilization, and the sun is due to shine for another five billion years. For all intents and purposes, the sun’s power is limitless and is impossible to exhaust. This may make it very attractive, since global humanity already uses far more power than ever before and energy needs will only grow in the future. Fossil fuels pollute and are limited, but the sun can provide as much energy as modern industry could ask for. The limitation, then, is how many solar panels are built to collect that energy.
Commercial Solar Panel Installation
Solar panels may be installed on a small or large scale alike, which makes this a flexible technology. Can solar panels really power an entire office building or an entire neighborhood or city block at a time? When solar panels were pioneered in the 1970s, they were expensive and had low efficiency, but the technology has been refined since then and costs are much lower while efficiency is much higher. Only recently have solar panels become economically viable, and many American states and foreign nations alike are taking advantage of that. When it comes to commercial solar panel installation, hundreds or even thousands of such panels may be built in large arrays out in the wilderness. The American states of California and Texas often do this, building arrays in sunny, remote wilderness areas. These panel arrays don’t get in anyone’s way, and they receive a lot of strong sunlight all year round. Such panels can generate enough power for entire city blocks or neighborhoods, and this allows them to replace the function of older fossil fuel power plants. Across the United States, and especially in Europe, older power plants are being shut down in favor of solar panel arrays like these.
On Houses
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Solar panels may also be used on smaller scale, and many American homeowners are choosing to have solar panels installed on their roofs. They can’t be found at a local hardware store; rather, the homeowner will contact solar panel installation teams to put up the panels’ support brackets, then install the panels themselves and wire the whole house correctly. City and power plant officials will visit at all stages of installation to ensure that everything is ready to go, and finally, the house will be disconnected from the electric grid and start using its own solar power instead. Excess energy may even be sent to local power plants for a profit.
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