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Solar energy is considered free because sunlight is a renewable resource that is freely available. Once the initial investment in solar panels is made, there are no ongoing fuel costs associated with generating electricity from sunlight. However, there are initial costs for purchasing and installing the solar panels and equipment to convert sunlight into usable energy.

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How is sunshine free like solar energy?

Sunshine is solar energy. It is free if you collect your own solar energy because nobody legally owns the sun (and nobody ever will), therefore solar energy from the sun is free. However if you depend on a thrid party to deliver the energy to you from a solar power station, it will cost you a maintenance and delivery fee, to pay for the upkeep of the station. However, if you install your own solar panels rather than relying on a third party, it will cost you to install solar panels on your home, to convert your home to using solar energy and to take your home "off the system" (to remove your dependency from nationally-produced power). But it will not cost you anything to use solar energy from your own solar panels. In a couple of years, you would have produced enough personal energy from solar power to make the cost of the conversion worth it.


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Do you have free solar power?


Why is solar power free?

solar power comes from sunshine. sunshine is still free, but solar panels, on the other hand are very expensive. You could get free heat for your home by capturing free sunshine by well placed windows and thermal mass (concrete, brick, tile), for example and it will radiate heat throughout the night into your home while you are sleeping. This is an example of passive solar heating.


Why did Oliver headley invent solar energy?

Dr. Oliver Headley did not "invent solar energy". He realized ... and reminded others ... that "The sun will still shine when the oil runs out.", and he worked to develop methods of USING some of the free solar energy that pours down on all of us every day of our lives.


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What are the social and economic benefits of solar energy?

After the initial set costs, solar energy on paper is "free" energy, it is very low maintenance and pollution free


What the benefits of using solar energy?

Once the equipment has been paid for, solar energy is free.


Is solar energy a free sauce of energy?

It's not a sauce


What is cheapest wind water or solar energy?

Solar energy is the cheapest because it is free once you have bought the solar panels and after it is installed.


What companies in New Mexico provide free energy?

Several solar energy companies provide free energy in New Mexico. For example, El Paso Electric Company are one of the companies where solar power is free.


Is solar energy free?

No. A method is still required to capture solar energy and convert it into a usable form, such as electricity. These methods incur costs in terms of materials, installation and maintenance. Although solar energy is potentially very cheap, it is not free.


Why is solar sun for free?

'Solar' means 'to do with the Sun' so you don't need to use the two words together. Solar energy is from the Sun, so it arrives free at the Earth. The only cost is in making and maintaining the receptors to turn the solar energy into useful energy for mankind.


How did they come to the idea of a solar powered car?

Sunlight + solar panel = free energy.


What advantage does solar energy have over fossil fuels?

Solar energy emits no carbon dioxide emissions. It is free and renewable.


What are the advantages and drawbacks of using solar energy?

Advantages of using solar energy are pollution-free, noise-free, on installation it produces free energy, clean and renewable. Disadvantages include high cost, energy dependent on sunlight exposure, power stations are expensive to build and devices powered by solar energy cannot be used at night.


How is sunshine free like solar energy?

Sunshine is solar energy. It is free if you collect your own solar energy because nobody legally owns the sun (and nobody ever will), therefore solar energy from the sun is free. However if you depend on a thrid party to deliver the energy to you from a solar power station, it will cost you a maintenance and delivery fee, to pay for the upkeep of the station. However, if you install your own solar panels rather than relying on a third party, it will cost you to install solar panels on your home, to convert your home to using solar energy and to take your home "off the system" (to remove your dependency from nationally-produced power). But it will not cost you anything to use solar energy from your own solar panels. In a couple of years, you would have produced enough personal energy from solar power to make the cost of the conversion worth it.


What are some positives to solar energy?

1.Most solar energy doesn't take any power to run and produces no pollutants. 2.Solar energy (sunlight) is free and virtually unlimited.