Solar energy can be used and is used for electricity, central heating, hot water, cooking, for producing salt and even for desalination. Solar energy comes from the suns rays. Solar energy is known to be very environmentally friendly. However, when the sun rays enter the earths atmosphere it is quite dilute.
Although solar energy is known to be very environmentally friendly it doesnt only has advantages but also some disadvantages. Lets discuss some advantages and disadvantages of solar energy.
Lets start with the main advantage of solar energy. Solar energy is clean. To produce electricity or heat with solar energy you only need the sun rays. There is no need to use fossil fuel in combination with sun rays to produce electricity or heat. You just need a solar energy collector or solar power panels in order to collect solar energy.
Solar energy is cheaper than electric heating. That is another big advantage of solar energy. By just using solar energy you can save a lot of money on heaters. In return you will get lower electric bills and it also means that you dont have to maintain heaters.
If you live in a remote area where there are no power-lines...