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US Dept of Energy Report on Solar Energy
Energy moves the modern world
Available, reliable, affordable energy. Since the Industrial Revolution, fossil fuels—coal, oil, and natural gas—have powered immense technological progress. Butsupplies of fossil fuels are limited, and continued reliance on them may have significant environmental consequences.
Fortunately, there are alternatives. The most powerful one is right over our heads. We are bathed in the clean, virtually inexhaustible energy of the sun. Each hour, enough sunlight reaches Earth to meet
the world’s energy needs for a year. To harvest this bounty, we need technology that efficiently converts the sun’s energy into forms we can use. Developing this technology is the purpose of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Program.
Powerful Goals, Powerful Technologies
The Solar Energy Technologies Program is part of the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The Program’s mission is to improve U.S. security, environmental quality, and economic prosperity through public-private partnerships that bring reliable and affordable solar energy technologies to the marketplace. It supports research and development on a wide range of photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal technologies that convert sunlight into useful energy. Download the full report to learn more of how Solar Energy is quickly gearing up for a planetary take over.
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