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HowmuchenergycomesfromtheSun?

TheSunisahugesphereofveryhot

gasandhasbeenproducingenergy

formillionsofyears.

Eventhoughitisabout150million

kilometresaway,theSunisour

closeststarandsustainsalllife.

SolarenergyistheradiationfromtheSunthatreachesEarth.

Itpowersphotosynthesisingreenntsandisultimatelythe

sourceofallfoodandfuel.

TheamountofsolarenergythatstrikestheEartheachdayis

10,000to15,000timesgreaterthanourdailyenergyneeds.

Infact,theSunissopowerful,thateveryminute,enough

solarenergyreachesEarthtomeetourneedsforoneyear!year!

Howdoweusesolarenergy?

Mankindhasbeenusingsolarenergy

forthousandsofyears.TheGreeks

andtheRomansdesignedandbuilt

housestoizeuseoftheSun.

TheRomansalsomadeglassandknew

thatitcouldtrapsolarenergy.Sunlight

wassoimportantthattheRomanlegal

systemactuallyincludedtherighttohaveaccesstotheSun!

Inmoderntimes,therearethreemain

waysofusingsolarenergy:

passivesolarheating

solarpowerstations

solarcells.

Whatispassivesolarheating?

Passivesolarheatinginvolvesanysystemthatcancapture

theSun’senergydirectly.Thiscanbedoneusingasimple

solarcollectororbythedesignofabuilding.

Forexample,theheatoftheSun

canbefocusedononespot

usingacurvedmirror.

Solarcookersworkonthis

principleandsorequirenofuel.

Otherexampofpassivesolar

heatingincludeagreenhouseor

asouth-facingwindow.

Whatdoyouthinkaretheadvantagesanddisadvantages

ofpassivesolarheating?

HowcantheSunheatbuildings?

Buildingscanbedesignedtoallowinasmuchlightas

possible,byincorporatingglasswallsinsteadofsolidwalls.

Thebuildingisthenheated