I am the first to admit that I take certain modern conveniences for granted. For example, the ability to flip a switch to turn on the lights, power up my coffee brewer, or bring my computer to life. I like living on “the grid.” We recently began researching our options for greener, more sustainable, energy for home and for camping and I’ve learned some interesting facts about solar energy, and thought I’d share them with you.
- Albert Einstein won the Nobel Prize, in 1921, for his theories on solar power and photovoltaicsolar power and photovoltaic.photovoltaic energy, or the photoelectric effect (Wikipedia).
- Solar energy does not produce carbon dioxide or other harmful emissions (Wikipedia).
- Solar panels first appeared on the market in 1956 and space programs started using photovoltaic powered systems in 1958. They are still used today (Wikipedia).
- Enough sunlight falls on the earth’s surface ever hour to meet the world energy demand for an entire year (National Geographic).
- Solar energy- the technology of making the sun’s energy useable- produces less than one tenth of one percent of the global demand for energy (National Geographic). That’s 0.1%!
Despite the amazing power of solar energy, one fourth of the world’s population, that’s about 1.6 billion people, lives without electricity (National Geographic). That’s 1,600,000,000 people.
That is one of the reasons solar power banks are increasingly popular. Most solar power banks include a light and the ability to charge a phone. That’s light you can take with you wherever you go!
Have you used solar energy lately? If so, what for?
I did not know those facts about solar energy. I’d love to get solar energy panels for our house.. living in AZ we have plenty of sun shine to soak up.
I wouldn’t mind getting them for my house either!
These are great facts. I added 1 or 2 to my list! Thanks!
Solar panels keep popping up everywhere around here and I love to see it. They are ugly as all get out, but they are doing a lot of good, so I guess that makes up for it 🙂
Really interesting to read those facts about solar energy. Looks like a great product!
We have a lot of solar products in our home but i actually want a whole solar system for our electric i think it would be so much better.
Those look amazing. I am absolutely heading over to get a phone charger. Thanks for the coupon code!
we are actually in the process of researching solar panels for our house! anything we can do to stop depending on foreign oil
I wish solar panels were more affordable in my area! I would love to have solar panels for my home.
Solar energy is a resource that needs to be used more. What a great deal they are offering your readers today!
This is a nifty little device! Perfect for our emergency preparedness stash.
Thanks for the coupon! Great information on solar energy that I didn’t know. Thanks!
How cool is this!? I love the thought of charging my phone using natural resources.
I did not know all of this info. Solar panels would be great – maybe in my future (I hope!).
We have solar panels, but I really love the idea of charging cell phones with solar energy. What a huge difference that would make!
My dream house is powered by solar energy 🙂 For now though, I am content with using solar powered lights and chargers when we go camping. Thanks for sharing all this great information.
I have been seeing a lot more about solar energy and products that use it lately. I’m glad because I am all about clean energy sources!
Adding these to my wish list and bookmarking this page to remember the promo codes later. I love solar powered lights. We have a small lantern for our back deck that is solar powered and it’s so great to not have to worry about electricity we may be wasting.
We live in a farmhouse surrounded by shade trees. Trying to have anything solar powered around here is difficult but I’d love to give these a try for around our swimming pool.
Solar panels are popping up all over our area. We have solar lights in our backyard and I love them. I like these lanterns, they’re very useful.
I love these little lamps! Amazing. I am one who is all for getting a tiny house and living off grid with solar panels. I had to take a class in college called International Agriculture. It was really interesting to learn so many world facts about how the rest of the world lived. One of the things we studied quite a bit were the countries without electricity and how they lived without that.
These are so neat! I love that they are finding environmentally friendly ways to create energy for everyone! I do hope they reach their goal of getting everyone some energy!
I would love to be able to use solar energy more in my home! I am going to take a look at these products!
We have been thinking about solar but not a clue about it really. Thanks for the info.
How perfect for camping. I am so intrigued and heading in to learn more!
I have only used solar energy for a calculator! LOL! However, those facts make you think! They are like WOW–especially #4! I mean a whole year!
Wow such a cool idea! Would love to get a couple of these 🙂
we don’t have any solar products but should really look into it,
wow this is great to know, these lanterns sound amazing. I really do not own anything solar powdered except maybe a watch!
I dream of getting solar panels for my home. I would love to be able to not depend on electricity
I love to see new solar powered items come out. Thanks for sharing the coupon code! 🙂
I love that you started this post by making me ask, “well how can I get some solar power in my life?” And then boom! You introduced me to what could be my own little solar energy source!
What a cool little lantern! I need to check it out! Our hold house had solar panels, but we had them removed when we were there because of major roof leaks! Wish we could have used them to our benefit when we lived there.
I’m so glad to see more solar powered products making their way into the world! I would love to see the day when we wake up and change things for the better.
Love the fun facts in your list we try to buy a couple of sun powered lanterns ad others even we have some panels, my husband loves to have everything organized and just in case
Those lights are so adorable; they’d be so fun to take with us camping (and handy too)! We live in AZ and solar is growing like crazy here. We’d love to get solar on our house and start making more energy than we use. We have quite a few friends who don’t pay a penny in electricity anymore because they generate more than they need from their solar panels. If only the entire world would get on the solar bandwagon!
This is absolutely adorable. What a great idea for outdoors and/or camping.
These products look awesome! We just got solar powered lamps for our yard!
That sure is some great things to know about solar energy. I didn’t know some of these thing until I read it here. I’ve also never heard of that company and I would sure love a solar lamp. Would save me a ton of money.
What a cute light! It’s neat to see more things going solar.
A solar powered phone charger is pretty nifty. I’m curious to see what other devices and extras you can have to recharge OTHER batteries… solar powered car battery jump kit?
I would love to have a little solar light in the house. My kids would enjoy this!
Wow I did not know that enough energy came from the sun every hour to power the world for a year. I wish that people would start using Solar Energy more, myself included.
This is so cool! I would love to incorporate solar panels into our house.
Great tips, I didn’t know all of those things plus thanks for the coupon!
Really interesting! I didn’t know all these facts. My son is really interested in all these types of facts about the solar system and he was pleased to read too!
I have solar powered lights in my garden. I like that the little lantern will charge for 5 hours and give 10 hours of soft light.
I know that my family takes advantage of the fact that power is right here. I did replace my outdoor lights that I like to leave on for solar powered lights, but I think I need to look into more green options! It can never hurt!
I really want solar panels on my house. It would definitely cut the cost of our electricity!
Oh wow! we need this! Our electric bill every month is so ridiculous. Anything to help save some money!
What great and interesting facts that you shared. Sure did give me a whole new perspective, thank you for sharing this with us.
I always wonder why companies do not use solar energy more. The solar lamp and phone charger is genius! I want one!