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Solar Energy in New Mexico Solar Energy Background Solar energy is energy from the sun. The sun is a big ball of heat and light resulting from nuclear fusion at it’s core. The nuclear reaction releases energy that travels outwards towards the surface of the sun. Along the way to the surface, the energy transforms so that by the time it’s released, its primarily light energy, sunlight. The two types of solar energy that make it to the earth are heat and light.Solar energy is often called alternative energy to fossil fuel energy sources such as oil and coal.An example of our use of solar heat energy is for water heating systems. Solar panels are used to collect heat which is transferred into pipes inside the water panel and the water is heated as it passes.The light of energy from the sun can be transformed into electrical energy and used immediately or stored in a battery Photovolatic panels are devices that convert light light energy into electrical energyHundreds of years ago, the Anasazi indians designed their cliff dwellings to maximize their solar gain in the winter by building into the cliffs. These structures kept the cold out as well. The same ideas listed are being used today to build these solar panels. There is a high demand of energy since the population is increasing and the current energy sources are running out.Even though every place on earth receives sunlight, the amount of energy that it receives depends on completely on the geographical location, the elevation and amount of clouds present on a regular daily basis.The State’s average area daily consumption is over 900 billion BTUs, same amount of solar energy recieved in one day in an 18 square mile area. The Primary solar technologies are Photovolatics, which obtain the electricity, Passive solar design and active solar thermal, which both work for heating, cooling, and hot water; solar thermal electric, which is used for large scale electricicy generation from solar; solar cooking, solar ovens; solar distillation, and solar water pumping. New Mexico is a great places to use solar energy. New Mexico gets 354 days of sun, and has a lot of free land. location is very important in solar energy use. there are different uses for solar energy. One is Agriculture and urban planning. Sunlight has influenced buildings for a long time.Advanced solar architecture and urban planning methods were first employed by the Greeksand Chinese, who oriented their buildings toward the south to provide light and warmth. another is Transport and Reconnaissance. We have been trying to develop solar powered cars sense the late 1980s. also water heating. Solar hot water systems use sunlight to heat water. cooking and water treatment and others are among the new ways we could use solar energy and get a postive outcome. (explain of solar building) "Kyocera Corporation (President: Tetsuo Kuba), the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) of Japan and a number of other companies, research institutes and local governments involved announced the start of operations of a state-of-the-art, international smart-grid demonstration project in Los Alamos, New Mexico (U.S.A.)". Picture below.



The Primary solar technologies are Photovolatics, which obtain the electricity, Passive solar design and active solar thermal, which both work for heating, cooling, and hot water; solar thermal electric, which is used for large scale electricicy generation from solar; solar cooking, solar ovens; solar distillation, and solar water pumping. Current informationabout the science of solar energy:



__**The Pors of solar energy**__ ¨ __**And the Cons**__ media type="youtube" key="4uPVZUTLAvA" width="425" height="350"
 * ¨ Solar energy allows you to be taken off the grid.
 * ¨ Your electrical bill lowers the more you be come dependent on solar.
 * ¨ E co-friendly
 * ¨ Expensive
 * ¨ Not always sunny
 * ¨ Have to find an area to place the panels.
 * ¨ solar panels don’t produce electricity during the night.
 * ¨ weather

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