2. Definition of Solar Energy
Uses of Solar Energy
Indirect Collection of Solar Energy
Direct Collection of Solar Energy
o Flat Plate Collector
o Concentrating Collector
Passive Solar Heating
Solar Cooling
Photovoltaic
Solar Energy from Space
Solar Energy Storage Devices
Advantages and Disadvantages of Solar
Energy
Solar Power in the Future
3. SOLAR ENERGY
- a type of Renewable Energy.
- radiant light and heat from the sun.
4. ☼ INDIRECT COLLECTION OF SOLAR ENERGY
☼ DIRECT COLLECTION OF SOLAR ENERGY
o Flat Plate Collector
o Concentrating Collector
USES OF SOLAR ENERGY
5. ☼ PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING
☼ SOLAR COOLING
☼ PHOTOVOLTAIC
☼ SOLAR ENERGY FROM THE SUN
☼ SOLAR ENERGY FROM THE SPACE
8. SOLAR POWER IN THE FUTURE
• It will become cheaper to produce electricity from
solar energy as technology advances. Fossil fuels
will become more expensive as they begin to run
out. Solar-energy plants could become more
common, once they can produce energy more
cheaply than other types of power plants.
• Photovoltaic cells can be used to power cars. So
far, such cars are only experimental. But in 2003, a
car was driven nearly 2,500 miles (about 4,000
kilometers) across Australia using only solar power.
• Some scientists have proposed building solar-
energy stations in space. These stations would
collect energy from sunlight almost 24 hours a day.
Then the energy could be beamed to Earth. But for