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 * Solar energy has many uses such as electricity production and heating of water through photovoltaic cells and directly for drying clothes.
 * Solar energy can also be used to heat swimming pools, power cars, for attic fans, calculators and other small appliances. It produces lighting for indoors or outdoors.
 * You can even cook food with solar energy.
 * Solar Energy is becoming more and more popular. The worldwide demand for Solar Energy is currently greater than supply.
 * About 30% of our total energy consumption is used to heat water.
 * About 40 solar cells are usually combined into a solar panel and around 10-12 panels mounted in an array facing due North to receive maximum sunlight.
 * The system usually comes with a 5-year warranty, although the solar panels are warranted for 20.
 * Relying on the battery back up, a solar energy system can provide electricity 24x7, even on cloudy days and at night.
 * Solar energy can be collected and stored in batteries, reflected, insulated, absorbed and transmitted.
 * Sunlight travels to the earth in approximately 8 minutes from 93,000,000 miles away, at 186,282 miles per second.
 * The sun is also the main source of non-renewable fossil fuels (coal, gas and petroleum), which began life as plants or animals whose energy came from the sun millions of year ago.
 * Solar energy is responsible for weather patterns and ocean currents.
 * Clouds, pollution and wind can prevent the sun's rays from reaching the earth.
 * Da Vinci predicted a solar industrialization as far back as 1447.
 * In one hour more sunlight falls on the earth than what is used by the entire population in one year.