Following are not only the benefits of solar power but also the benefits of renewable powers in general:
- Reduce the global warming emissions:
- With the use of the fossil fuel in human beings daily life, the atmosphere now is overloading with high percentage of carbon dioxide and other global warming emissions, which prevents the escape of heat that come from the earth, leads to the rise of the worldwide temperature. The contribution of solar energy to human’s usage will impact significantly to the use of fossil fuel, hence reduce the emission of increasing overwhelmed amount of greenhouse gases.
- Help in improving public Health and Environmental Quality:
- Generating electricity from solar power is a breakthrough in improving public health and environmental quality due to the reduction of the usage of fossil fuels. Some diseases such as lung diseases, neurological damage, etc, which link to the environmental quality will decrease gradually.
- An inexhaustible Energy Supply:
- It is well known that the the amount of energy from the sun in form of heat and light is incredibly enormous. If solar energy can be make use of fully, it will provide a significant share of future electricity needs.
- Jobs and Other Economic Benefits:
- Renewable energy has already provided thousands of job opportunities throughout the globe. According to an article on UCS (Union of Concerned Scientists)(1), in 2011, the solar industry has roughly 100,000 employees in the US alone. As the renewable energy industry are widely developing, job opportunities are believed to meet the needs of many inhabitants in the near future. It does not only create job opportunities for employees, but also helps money to circulate within the local economy instead of being spent on importing coal, gas and other fossil fuels. This issue is very crucial , especially for those countries that are not abundant in fossil fuels like Singapore and Japan.
- Stable Energy Prices:
- Cost of producing renewable energy mostly consists of construction costs and maintenance costs. These costs are getting lower as technology improves, hence the reduction in cost of producing renewable energy. Solar energy is not only plentiful but also clean and safe and most importantly it will be widely affordable in the near future.