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Solar Power = "used synonymously with solar energy or more specifically to refer to the conversion of sunlight into electricity. This can be done either through the photovoltaic effect or by heating a transfer fluid to produce steam to run a generator.

"Solar energy is energy from the Sun. This energy drives climate and the weather supports virtually all life on Earth. Heat and light from the sun, along with solar-based resources such as wind and wave power, hydroelectricity and biomass, account for over 99.9 percent of the available flow of renewable energy.

"Solar technologies range from traditional methods related to food, heat and light to large-scale electrical generation systems."
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Recent studies show that most Americans believe solar power has the greatest likelihood of allowing America to be independent of foreign energy sources. This is interesting since solar power currently provides less than one percent of all the alternative power in the country. There must be something enticing about the idea of getting power from the sun, or Americans have gotten too many sun tans, because solar power suffers from the major problem of being too expensive to replace fossil fuels. If the cost of producing solar panels were not so high, then this energy source would be the most efficient way of producing electricity.
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