United States Investment In Solar Power Plan

Rising oil prices and the use of fossil fuel emissions persons to the future of the United States will favor solar energy.

The sun's rays illuminate the Earth 40 minutes on the annual equivalent of the global energy consumption. In the United States, there are at least southwestern only 250,000 square miles of land suitable for building solar energy power generating facilities, over 4500, 2001 × 1015BTU acceptable sunlight radiation. Radiation of sunlight into electricity 2.5%, in 2006 the United States will meet all energy consumption.

The United States has put forward ambitious plans to make 2050 the United States to provide solar power for electricity and 69 per cent of its total energy (including transport) of 35 per cent. Expected sales to users of solar energy will be equivalent to the current cost of conventional electricity costs about 5 cents / KWh. If wind, biomass and geothermal energy has also been developed, to the 2100 renewable energy can provide 100 per cent of electricity and the United States 90 percent of its energy.

Source: 云南电力新闻 Jan. 21, 2008