Solar Power and Wind Power

Nowadays global warming and the scarcity of fossilfamily home but wind power is generally cheaper
fuels are rarely out of the media. Some people carrywhen implemented on larger scale.
on hoping that government will come up with someEfficiency
sort of solution, others don't really care and then a fewEfficiency is of course a big part of deciding upon a
people are wondering, "how can I help reduce globalrenewable energy source. For this particular round of
warming?"wind power vs solar power home advantage will
One of the most obvious answers to this question ismake a huge difference. If you live near the equator
to use less power by moving your power source fromand experience a large amount of sunlight solar power
fossil fuels to a renewable energy source. The twois the clear choice, you should have no problem
most hotly discussed forms of renewable energy arepowering your home from solar panels. Like wise for
solar and wind power and this article will pit the twowind power if you live on a blustery coast. The fairest
against it each to discover which one is best.question to sort this one out would be; what about if
Solar Power.the contest took place in a neutral area with limited
There are many ways to harness the suns power thewind and sunlight. In general in an area with roughly the
most common of these is to use a photovoltaicsame wind and sunlight I would say you would be
module to convert the suns ultra violet rays intobetter off with solar power for the simple reason that
energy. This is the technology used in solar panels.all sunlight will be absorbed by your solar panels but not
Other forms of solar power include using materialsall wind will be converted to energy by a wind farm
with different layers of salt density to capture the sunsthis is because the blades on the wind far need to spin
power and using a super green house style device toat a certain speed if the wind is to fast or to slow
heat air to power turbines. In this article we will justelectricity wont be generated.
examine solar panels.Appearance
Wind Power.In my opinion for this round there can only be one
Put simply by using the wind to spin a turbine with awinner and that is solar power I suppose it's a matter
magnet on it electricity can be created. This works in aof taste but I find wind farms to be very ugly.
similar fashion to the turbines powered by steam in aThe Conclusion
traditional power plant.Well it been a tight contest with each energy source a
The Costsgood bet in right environment but overall Solar Power
Although these two power technologies may soundis the winner due to its lower cost on small installations
like a perfect solution to the world's energy crisis bothsuperior adaptability to different environments and
have their limitations. Firstly there is the cost, at the timemore pleasing aesthetics. That's not to say wind
of writing Solar power is cheaper than wind powerpower is a bad option as in the right circumstance it
when implemented on a small scale such as in ancan be a much better solution than solar power.