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Is Solar Energy Worth Using Solar energy is one of the most abundant and cleanest renewable resource available to the public right now Solar energy is energy emitted from the sun which is collected by photovoltaic systems in solar panels which then converts the energy stored in the solar cells into electrical or thermal energy Even though we have access to different versions of renewable energy to name a couple of them bioenergy s like biodiesel hydroelectric dams and even hydrogen All of them vary in prices depending on what kind of renewable system you want to use But solar energy has been growing in popularity since it became affordable to buy the systems to convert the solar energy for your home This paper will discuss the positives and negatives of using solar energy to see if solar energy is worth the money to use it The development of photovoltaic cells has had its fair share of ups and downs with trying to make solar energy a viable energy source The first photovoltaic cell was developed by Alexandre Edmond Becquerellar a French physicist in 1839 who demonstrated the ability of a solar cell to convert sunlight into electricity 1 1 2 Since then no one really understood how the process of sunlight can produce electricity until Albert Einstein wrote a paper explaining the process in 1921 1 1 2 Since it was costly to use solar energy in a commercial use the U S government U S military and NASA funded research to use solar panels to power satellites and spacecraft s like Vanguard I 1 1 3
