Solar Panels And Greenhouse Gases

This is why they are beloved of many who worry about the climate.

Solar panels and greenhouse gases.

Solar energy systems power plants do not produce air pollution water pollution or greenhouse gases. Making solar or photovoltaic cells requires potentially toxic heavy metals such as lead mercury and cadmium. That solar panels do not emit greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide when they are generating electricity is without question. To create a solar panel caustic materials will emit greenhouse gases.

Using solar energy can have a positive indirect effect on the environment when solar energy replaces or reduces the use of other energy sources that have larger effects on the environment. Emory will install more than 15 000 solar panels across 16 buildings on its druid hills campus which will generate approximately 10 percent of the university s peak energy requirements and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about 4 300 metric tons.