Solar Energy

Solar energy can be used to save time, energy, and most importantly money. There are many uses of solar energy and I am going to mention three of them; first of all pool heating then hot water, and electricity for remote locations. Between these three practical uses, one of them is the most popular and that is the solar pool heating because it extends the swimming pool season from May through November because it controls the heat in general. The best type of pool heater collectors are the rubber mat type and the reason is so simple: it survives for a very long time. Second of those comes the solar water heating and people use it to heat the water for baths, tubs, and dish washing and the return of this investment is to save some cash because you are not using electricity and there are many systems that can be installed according to the house owner like the solar powered pump, and it is a closed –loop system that prevents freezing. The last use I mentioned is the solar power generation and they convert the sun radiation to electricity and it has three main advantages; first, free inexhaustible power, simplicity, and its maintenance isn’t expensive.These three uses are mainly used by the Floridians, simply because the electric power usage over there is very expensive and they are trying to avoid that by using some of the solar energy. Solar energy gets sun light radiation to the solar panel at first then through the solar power generation and that converts the sun's radiation to electricity and that's how they save money, by getting their own electricity convertor.

Energy Efficiency and Enviromental News: particular uses of solar energy ( June, 1992), retrieved from http://www.harmonyfl.com/lih/documents/EH328.pdf