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Solar Power

Every hour, the Sun provides the Earth with as much energy as all of human civilization uses in an entire year.*

—Krump and Horn

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Chapter 20 outline.

Overlay: Even though solar power is currently a miniscule portion of the overall energy equation, it potentially could be significant in the future simply because of the immense amount of energy coming from the sun each day. It appears that R&D to pursue technologies to develop solar power systems is essential for the future At present, the life-cycle costs of solar power are double most other forms of energy. There are currently two technologies that utilize solar power. A ...

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