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Solar energy
In fact, scientists have calculated that the total energy given off by the Sun
would be enough to sustain the life of 31 trillion planets like Earth .
The Space Weather Prediction Center proposed another way to calculate
the enormous energy given off by the Sun: if the energy released by the Sun
could be stored for 1 second (we repeat, only 1 second), with that energy
consumption could be covered current energy of a country like the United
States for the next 9 million years.
Are these figures exaggerated? Where does all this immense solar energy come
from?
Let's get to know the Sun in depth.
Its energy comes from its core. Its core is like an immense nuclear reactor
that compresses the atoms within it against each other and, as a
consequence, releases immense resultant forces. [Best Solar Panel
Company in Pakistan] Due to the large size of the Sun and the density of
its core, the energy generated inside it takes millions of years to reach the
surface. In fact, this renowned Prediction Center states that if the Sun
stopped producing energy today, its negative effects would not be felt on
Earth for about 50 million years. This, without a doubt, demystifies the
theories that announce a possible destruction of the Earth when the Sun
goes out. If this hypothesis were ever to be fulfilled, we would still have a
50-million-year margin to search for an alternative.
It is clear, therefore, that solar energy is immensely powerful. Therefore, it
would be easy to conclude that the Sun is an exceptional star in the universe
and that it is a large and colossal star because it has so much internal
energy. And it is, although in comparative universal terms it could be
questioned.
What are we referring to?
To the next paradox; scientists have dubbed the Sun "the yellow dwarf. " The
reason is that, compared to other stars in the universe, the Sun is a very
small star. For example, there is a star called "V382 Cygni" that has a mass
at least 27 times that of the Sun (the mass of the Sun is 330,000 times that
of the Earth).
The key is not just having enough energy. We have already stated that there
are other stars much more powerful than the Sun.
The miracle has already begun: storing the Sun's energy in batteries
through solar panels, windmills and geothermal systems.
The following reasons can help us understand what makes the Sun the ideal
star to support life:
It is a lonely Astro:
The Sun is a lone star. This allows the Earth's orbit to be more stable
resulting in favorable conditions for life on Earth. It is as if the Sun has only
one purpose: to serve as a helper for Earth alone. [Sunlife]
The great mass of the Sun (330,000 times that of the Earth):
Although its size is relatively small compared to other stars (as we have
explained above), the mass of the Sun is among the 10% of the most
massive stars of the stars near our planet. For that reason, it exerts
gravitational control over all bodies in the solar system.
That is why the Earth, even if it is far from the Sun (at the precise distance
so that we do not have harmful effects but only beneficial ones), can always
be kept in orbit around it to allow, among other things, a perfect system of
4 seasons each year.
Once we have been able to know roughly the energy potential of the Sun,
why do we affirm that Solar energy is a solution to Climate Change?
To obtain enough energy to sustain our Planet, it is enough to store a small
fraction of the Solar Energy that we receive on Earth. It is as simple as that.
And here's the good news. The miracle is already happening. That is what
the megaproject of the company “SpaceX and Tesla” defends. This company
has begun the construction of the so-called “Tesla Giga factory” with an
approximate surface of 15 million m2 to produce batteries that store solar
energy. When its construction is completed, it will be the largest building in
the world.
Store the Sun's energy in batteries through solar panels, windmills and
geothermal systems.
Why is this project so important and what is its relationship to climate
change?
With 100 Giga factories like these, the energy demand of the whole world
would be covered. Solar energy is clean and without side effects or
pollutants. You do not need to use fossil combustion to produce energy and
therefore emit carbon into the atmosphere.
To understand it: Tesla has developed the so-called “Powerwall”, a lithium-
ion battery pack that can store electrical energy from renewable energy
generation, such as solar or wind installations. They also have their
application as conventional electricity stores using them at night, when
electricity is cheaper. In itself, it can replace the electricity grid that any
household in any country receives. It can be installed outdoors or indoors,
without requiring a watertight room for environmental protection. It also
allows electrical installation in remote locations without access to the
electrical network.
The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it and depending on it, can
still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else to do in the universe
This would make it possible to solve the demand for electricity from any
part of the world no matter how isolated it was. Let's imagine a village in
the middle of the desert without electricity supply. We put up a "Powerwall"
and the supply problem would be solved. Also, the energy to move land
transport of any kind would be solved, with a battery pack, without the
need to use the combustion of petroleum derivatives.
According to a study by Tesla itself, these are the numbers that would be
needed to use solar energy to power the whole world: For a country like the
United States, 160 million Powerpacks would be needed for a total of
16,000 GWh of energy. And for the whole world, 900 million Powerpacks
would be required for a total of 90,000 GWh. To cover the generation of
energy, transport and heating around the world, 2 billion Powerpacks
would be needed for a total of 20,000,000 GWh. [Best Solar Panel
Company in Pakistan]