Solar Power

How is it used? How is it produced?





In this topic I will be talking about solar power because it is an abandon natural source of energy.


Solar power or solar energy as we can say is a natural energy produced from the sun more than 6000000 explosions per second are exploded by the reaction of hydrogen with carbon dioxide which produces the heat and light and unseen radiation as (ulta violet radiation and infra red) this light or heat is collected on the earth by special blades which convert them to heat and electricity.


Here are some web pages that are relevant to my topic:




Energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Rating: 78


This web site gives a brief but very good description of the uses and sources producing it. Also it is currently updated (Content Last Updated: 02/04/2003). However there are no pictures, which helps you understand the material. Furthermore it is not known whether the information is trusted or not, i.e., no copyright given, author is unknown…
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Solar energy—Energy from the sun
Rating: 74


This web site has the best information in my opinion because it has the best explantion and very good pictures, which really help in understanding the material. Also, it’s a .gov website, so it’s the most trusted. Furthermore, many related links are provided. However, the date that it was lastly updated is not stated.
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Isofoton, Official distributor for Greece
Rating: 56


This web site has very low information with no picture or reference. It has some contacts, services, components and a home page, but still there are a lot of broken links.
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Solar Access
Rating: 44


This web site has much information and is related to my topic. However, it does not really answer my question, which is how solar energy is produced and how it is used.it is only talking about how could we access solar power.
(Click here to visit the website)




Conclusion

I think and in my opinion the best site for this project was Energy efficiency and renewable energy, because it had the best and the most information, explanation and helpful pictures that would make you understand more and more about the sun and it’s natural power uses.




Link to Word document

As one of the requirements of this project, a Word document is being prepared presenting results in a table. The document can be seen here (pdf).