SOLAR BENIFITS

Impact on the Environment

Solar power has wide-ranging advantages for our planet, especially when it comes to our environment.

From reducing greenhouse gases, improving our air quality and conserving our precious water, solar energy can help to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and lower energy prices for years to come.

Solar energy has the least negative impact on our environment compared to any other energy source.
It does not produce greenhouse gases like
Carbon dioxide (CO₂), Methane (CH4) and Nitrous oxide (N₂O) which are the main cause of Global warming

Solar PV system also saves huge amount of water because it requires very little water for its maintenance, unlike nuclear & Coal fired power plants, these plants requires huge amount of water. One more benefit is No noise, because the only movement is of electrons thus no noise pollution.

Amazing Advantages of Solar PV energy on our environment:

USING LESS WATER:

Water is one of our most precious natural resources.

We live on the driest continent on the planet, and we run the risk of running out of fresh water in the future. Traditional electricity production can use thousands of liters of water each year. Water is used for cooling generators, processing and refining fuel and transporting fuel through pipes.

Generating power through solar panels, however, uses no water whatsoever. The operation of solar photovoltaic cells doesn’t require water at all to generate electricity, reducing the strain on this precious resource. The only water needed is rainwater to naturally clean the panels when they get a bit grubby!

REDUCING AIR POLLUTION:

The air we breathe can help or hinder our health and wellbeing. Electricity generation from fossil fuels can generate harmful carbon dioxide and methane gases that lower the quality of the air we breathe. Breathing poor quality air on a daily basis can have dire consequences for our health. Air pollution has been linked to asthma and allergies, bronchitis, pneumonia, headaches, anxiety, heart attacks and even some cancers. Using the sun to generate more and more of our power means less and less harmful emissions from burning fossil fuels. Generating electricity from solar panels produce no harmful emissions, and the more homes and businesses that rely on solar power means less toxic emissions from fossil fuels into our air.

HELP TO SLOW DOWN THE CLIMATE CHANGE:

The release of toxic gases into the atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, doesn’t just contribute to air pollution, but also contributes to the enhanced greenhouse effect. While the greenhouse effect is a natural process that warms the Earth’s surface to a livable temperature, human activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels, have increased the amount of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere. This has led to the enhanced greenhouse effect, which is warming our earth faster than ever before.

In recent years, this has been linked to a number of catastrophic weather events, such as flooding, cyclones, storms, extreme heat and drought. Generating electricity from solar panels produce no greenhouse gases whatsoever, and so can help to reduce the effect of climate change if used widely. With solar energy powering a home or business, there is no burning of fuel and no emissions from energy production.

REDUCING OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOSSIL FULES :

Solar energy is an excellent alternative to fossil fuels for many reasons: ... Using solar energy to supply a million homes with energy would reduce CO₂ emissions by 4.25 million tons per year, the equivalent of removing 850,000 cars from the road. Solar energy uses fewer natural resources than conventional energy sources.

IT'S LIKE PLANTING A TREE

Solar energy, as the name suggests, derives energy from the sun. Any form of energy that utilizes the sun produces clean energy and it does not produce any kind of emissions. So when you install solar panels on your Commercial / Industrial / Home roof, you are ensuring that your place is powered by a clean source of energy.
A solar panel in your Commercial/Industrial/Home roof can reduce carbon emissions by millions of tones, even if it is a small residential solar energy system of about 5 kW. If you install a solar panel that provides 5 kW of energy then in one lifespan you will reduce carbon emissions equivalent to planting approximately 21,000 square feet of trees.

Each kWh of Solar power will prevent about 0.500 kg of Carbon dioxide (CO₂) going in to the atmosphere

At present, humans are putting an estimated 9.5 billion metric tons of carbon into the atmosphere each year by burning fossil fuels, and another 1.5 billion through deforestation and other land cover changes. Of this human-produced carbon, forests and other vegetation absorb around 3.2 billion metric tons per year, while the ocean absorbs about 2.5 billion metric tons per year. A net 5 billion metric tons of human-produced carbon remain in the atmosphere each year, raising the global average carbon dioxide concentrations by about 2.3 parts per million per year. Since 1750, humans have increased the abundance of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by nearly 50 percent (Source : Climate.gov)

We can say, if you are not able to plant a tree then atleast pur Solar Power and help reducing CO₂ to make better world for future generations, remember, main cause of Global warming is Greenhouse gases and Carbo dioxide (CO₂) is one of them.