your mission Your mission is to explore how energy from the sun can be put to work on Earth How can sunshine light homes heat water and be turned into electricity What technologies can help us use more solar power Can sunshine replace other energy sources that are polluting the planet How will solar power help shape our energy future Check the facts in What You Know then begin your mission to learn just how powerful solar energy can be what you know (cid:204) Right now more than 80 percent of the energy that powers our modern lifestyle comes from oil coal and natural gas These are all fossil fuels (cid:204)(cid:3)Scientists want to produce energy in ways that are more efficient less expensive and better for the environment than our present energy sources (cid:204)(cid:3)Sunshine or solar energy is currently used to light homes heat water and produce electricity 4
Solar Power
Learn about the history of solar power, how solar power is used as an energy source today, and the exciting future of solar energy.
