| There are many techniques that can be used to | | | | Even though solar panels are limited to collecting |
| harness energy from the sun. The most common is | | | | sunlight only during daylight hours, this does not limit |
| the use of photovoltaic or PV technology. This method | | | | there ability to provide power at night or during |
| directly changes sunlight into electricity by using solar | | | | inclement or cloudy days, by their ability to store the |
| cells. One solar panel is comprised of many individual | | | | energy on to battery packs. |
| modules of solar cells. When these cells are exposed | | | | Solar power is a clean and silent form of energy |
| to photons in the sun's ray, some electrons are | | | | production. Solar power does not produce any harmful |
| knocked free. These freed electrons generate an | | | | or toxic waste, there are no emissions of any sort and |
| electrical current that is captured by the solar panel to | | | | it is a totally renewable and self-replenishing resource. |
| provide electricity. | | | | Solar power is one of the most eco-friendly forms of |
| Another form of solar power is by using thermal | | | | energy production available and once the initial cost are |
| collectors that store energy onto batteries which later | | | | expended, there are no monthly electric bills. The |
| release electricity as need. Use of the sun helps to | | | | power of the sun is there and its free, making solar |
| provide other forms of renewable energy such as the | | | | power not only good for Mother Nature but for the |
| in production of bio-fuels, in wind and water power as | | | | bank account as well. |
| well. | | | | |