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There are very few disadvantages:
- the main one being the lack of power at night. This can be overcome, by using extra panels and using the surplus power to pump water into a reservoir on the top of a hill, and using it to generate hydro-electric power at night. It's a way of storing it.
- Also, power decreases in cloudy conditions but a new type of solar cell has been developed in Australia, which has almost the same output in diffuse light.
- They are still expensive to make, however.
- A power grid must be accurately regulated at all times according to varying requirements, on a seasonal and day to day basis. As an example, during half time of the English premier league soccer final, millions of people put their electric kettle on simultaneously, and the power must be increased by the equivalent of several large power stations, and it must be timed up to the second. Solar power must be used in conjunction with other sources of clean energy to achieve this. It will take a major restructuring of electricity grids, but much of the existing infrastructure can remain in place.
The disadvantages should not be seen as a hindrance, but rather as a challenge on which humans thrive. It would provide a great deal of employment as well as moral satisfaction. It takes a lot of political will to leave all that coal in the ground, but it MUST be done.
From: Coolgirl 1869
Solar power is great overall, but some disadvantages are that solar panels, installation, and repairs are VERY expensive. Also, the weather can effect the efficiency of the solar panels. Solar panels can only process energy throughout the day, even though it usually has enough power saved up to run everything all through the night, which is another disadvantage. And pollution levels can also effect the solar panels efficiency.
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∙ 14y agoThe only disadvantage would be the initial set up equipment cost for a solar power plant. Apart from this the sun is an abundant and renewable source of energy and does not cause pollution too.
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∙ 10y agosolar energy is
1 wasted
2 takes up large amount of space
3 the panels are expensive
4 energy can only be harnessed during the day
5 can't be used in all areas
6 solar energy is still being worked on
7 solar energy is not efficient
8 they haven't even tried to do to much with it
9 they have too many disadvantages
10 solar energy will be so hard to manage.
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∙ 11y agoSolar energy has no drawbacks as far as I know. Perhaps one slight drawback is that the production of solar panels cannpt be done yet in an environmentally friendly way. Otherwise, solar energy has no negative sides whatsoever. And there is plenty of it! Personally I hope for smaller solar panels that are more powerful.
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∙ 14y agoOne disadvantage of using solar energy is paying for the installing of the merchandise to collect solar energy.
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∙ 12y agoit requires equipment and installation that are expensive
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∙ 11y agothe solar cell won't work at night or in the dark.
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it requires areas with good sun exposure- apex
antonia Martinez
It requires a high initial investment- Apex
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What is a drawback to extensive use of solar energy?
it requires equipment and installation that are expensive
What is drawback to the extensive use of solar energy?
it requires equipment and installation that are expensive
What is a drawback to the extensive use of solar energy?
it requires equipment and installation that are expensive
What is the draw back of solar energy?
There are a few drawbacks to solar energy. One main drawback is the sun only shines for a half a day and there is not any really good way to store it up during the day to use at night. Then of course even during the day clouds may block the sun. The other drawback is that the methods use to convert the solar energy (solar panels) are very inefficient. That means you need an awfull lot of them to get a usefull amount of energy. This takes up a lot of space and it also adds to the cost. Even though the sun's energy is free it still costs more (for now) to convert solar energy to electricity then it does to convert chemical energy from oil, gas or coal.
Which is a drawback to the extensive use of solar energy?
It requires equipment and installation that are expensive
Habitat destruction is a drawback of what?
Geothermal energy
What quiestions are there about solar energy?
A question about solar energy could be: what is solar energy?: what does solar energy do?:does solar energy do anything for the earth/planet?
What is the efficiency of solar?
Solar energy trapped from the sun is very useful to make electricity for use in homes. It is an alternative energy source for when the oil, coal and natural gas reserves run out. It is also a very eco-friendly energy source unlike fossil fuels because it doesnt release toxic fumes. The only drawback in using this energy soure is that its very expensive to maintain as the building of solar panels costs a lot of money.
Is solar energy better than hydroelectric?
I would not say so, but hydro is limited to suitable rivers and lakes, whilst solar works best in very sunny dry areas, so they are very different. Both are useful, solar is more widely available, but it has a drawback - night time.
How is the sun's energy solar energy?
the suns energy is solar energy because sun means solar so solar energy is from the sun
What are the edvantages of solar energy?
Solar energy is inexhaustible. Solar energy is not pollution. Solar energy can be used anywhere on Earth.
How does solar get its?
Solar systems get their energy from the sun. Solar energy is captured by a solar panel, or collector. This panel converts solar energy to electrical energy.
