Solar Energy
- More than 10,000 homes in the United States are powered entirely by solar energy.
- Enough sunlight falls on the earth’s surface every hour to meet world energy demand for an entire year.
- Silicon from just one ton of sand, used in photovoltaic cells, could produce as much electricity as burning 500,000 tons of coal.
- In the 1830s, the British astronomer John Herschel used a solar collector box to cook food during an expedition to Africa.
- Albert Einstein won the Nobel Prize in 1921 for his experiments with solar power and photovoltaics.
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