Solar Energy In The United States

With a rapid rise in energy prices, the concern of pollution, an exponential loss of resources and environment downfall, the awareness of limited resources around the world has dropped dramatically. Due to recent political decisions by President Donald Trump, with his recent 30% tariff on solar panels, affording solar technology will be more difficult than ever (Eckhouse). These tariffs will go on for four years by starting at a high percentage, then finally go down as time goes on. Utilizing renewable energy is the key to a long-term solution for keeping this economy alive and well. Recent research shows that bringing solar technology overseas into the United States is an extremely expensive change, but is cost-efficient in the long term.

When I lived in Arizona about seven years ago, I attended a school named Cottonwood Middle School. This school implemented solar technology over a parking lot by putting a structure that is above the cars to provide shade and also a place to hold solar panels. This saved a lot of money for the school and the school district due to utilizing solar technology to the fullest. This started when I was in six grade I only my middle school, but then a progressed and to all of the schools in the district. This included a kindergarten through third-grade school, an elementary school and also a high school in Cottonwood, Arizona (Tracey). This was the first time I have ever seen a solar panel in use, and I know it was used effectively to benefit money by utilizing renewable resources to the max. Solar energy is described as radiant energy that comes from the sun and it is called solar technology, which uses it as energy to power almost anything. Solar technology is an important factor of renewable energy and it could be

There are many different types of green technology and the most common ones are solar, wind, and hydro-power. There are many reasons why this renewable source of energy is better than these other sources. Wind energy is produced by turbines that have rotating blades they can harness the kinetic energy. These turbines have generators that whole onto the kinetic energy from the movement of the blades and currently has enough electricity through these turbines to power about 24 million homes. There is a problem with turbines and for a typical turbine for residential use would have to be about twenty stories tall. There are three separate blades that are about two-hundred feet long from one end to the other that span out from the inside portion of the turbine. The average wind speed needs to be about twelve miles per hour in these zones to produce enough energy to harness for a typical resident (Aggarwal). If you live in an area with a lot of wind and open space with a few obstructions that could block the path of the wind, then installing wind turbines would be a great renewable energy source. But, many people that love the environment with enough money to install turbines live in suburban areas around a city. Compared to solar panels, wind turbines have a lot of moving parts that can result in more wear and tear and there will be a lot of maintenance visits to these turbines. Solar panels