Solar panels are saving electricity and environment from pollution so learn how they are important for our society.

1. WHY ARE SOLAR PANELS
IMPORTANT IN OUR
SOCIETY?
A presentation by Total Energy Installations

2. Solar Power Reduces Air
Pollution from Coal Power
Plants
While coal power plants filter their emissions,
trace amounts of toxic particulates penetrate
air filtering systems and enter the atmosphere.
Mercury is among the pollutants that enter the
air from coal power plant emissions, and it can
contaminate local ecological systems and
harm plants, wildlife and human inhabitants.
Because solar power is emissions-free, it is
more safe for the environments and
communities like Cheshire that neighbor solar
panel Cheshire arrays than are coal power pl
ants.

3. Conservation of Resources
Because solar panels convert light from the
sun into heat and electricity, they require no
other source of fuel. Coal, natural gas, oil and
nuclear power systems rely on nonrenewable
resources to generate power.

4. Preservation of Habitats
Affected by Mining
Coal and uranium mining are often devastating
to their local environments. Heavy equipment,
waste products and large-scale disruption of
local habitats can render the land surrounding
a mine barren and unusable after the mine is
no longer in use. Coal mining is also
dangerous to the workers who operate the
mines. The use of solar panels eliminates
these dangers to both miners and the
environment.

5. Reducing the Need for Nuclear
Power
Because sunlight is available at no cost, solar
panels do not require expensive mining and
fuel processing. Once a solar panel is built, it
operates for free. In some applications, solar
panels can be used to supplement existing
power sources to reduce the total cost of
energy. In power systems where all of the
needed electricity is supplied by solar and
other renewable energy sources, such as wind
or hydroelectric, electricity is generated
completely free of cost.

6. Generating Energy
Independence
Nations that need to obtain oil and other fuel
sources from other nations are beholden to
their suppliers. Such countries may find it
necessary to compromise their national safety
or principles in order to maintain trade with
their suppliers. Communities and nations who
adopt solar energy systems reduce or
eliminate their dependence on foreign fuel
sources.