Solar energy is becoming more and more popular as a source of household energy in many countries around the world. Why is this? What are the advantages and disadvantages of solar energy?

Currently, electricity produced from water is used to run various appliances in a household.

However

, as the cost of

this

form of production is growing every day,

energy

from the

sun

is becoming quite a popular means in many nations globally.

This

essay will explain the reasons for

this

shift and

also

discuss the advantages and disadvantages of solar

power

.

Firstly

, the reason for increasingly choosing the

sun

's light and heat as a viable alternative is because it is easily available in many parts of the world for a certain number of hours every day.

For example

, in a tropical country like India, the

sun

shines for 12 hours in summer and around 10 hours in winter, which if harnessed and stored, will prove to be an almost inexhaustible source of

energy

.

Hence

,

this

is one of the main reasons for the growing popularity of

this

form of

power

.

Although

the

energy

from the

sun

is so easily available, it has its pros and cons.

For example

, the expense of generating adequate electricity from it for the use of household appliances is prohibitive, because the starting price is around 7000 USD.

Similarly

, another con is the space occupied by the installation on the roof of a house, which will make that space unavailable for any other purpose.

On the other hand

, its advantage is that the cost of traditional

power

utilisation for household purposes is reduced by 90%.

Additionally

, the effective carbon dioxide emission becomes nil when the

sun

is used to produce electricity. In conclusion, while the drawbacks for producing solar

power

are several its advantages clearly outweigh the disadvantages.

Moreover

, as governments have put in place several schemes to subsidise the expenditure of its production, the utilisation of solar

power

is rightly gaining a foothold as the most sought after source of

energy

for the home.