I have always wondered why solar power is not used more frequently in Africa rather than destroying the environment with oil since there’s always a steady supply of it (sunlight)
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2007-03-05 21:13:29 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
There are projects to supply solar electricity to remote villages in Africa and other places. The idea is that school children have rechargeable fluorescent lamps which they take to school. The school has a middle sized solar cell array which charges the batteries in the lamps during the school day. When they take them home, the lamps give enough light for the children to do homework or the family to read a newspaper or book. This avoids the use of dangerous and smoky home-made kerosene lamps. This project is a Canadian charity.
2007-03-05 21:28:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
More than likely is the starting cost of this.The solar energy released by the sun may seem like the best source of energy for the world. It has many benefits: it is free, it does not pollute, is very reliable when the sun is shining, and it is very safe. With all of these benefits, it may seem odd that there are extremely few solar power plants on earth. The reasons that solar power plants do not power the world are summed up in two reasons: cost and reliability. Solar plants made of solar cells are extremely expensive to build. Thousands of square feet of solar cells are required to generate enough power for even a very small town. A large city simply doesn’t have enough room for a solar plant, or enough money. The second main reason is the unreliability of the plants. If the plant has a few cloudy days, there will be no electricity for the town. This is not an option for many towns or cities. In the modern age of today, we need to have power 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, not only on sunny days, sometimes at night.
2007-03-05 21:18:33 · answer #2 · answered by mother hen 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
solar power is VERY expensive - and African countries are poor
fighting AIDS at this time, as 1 in 3 are affected
what is more important - the environment or
the people dying in it
2007-03-05 21:16:49 · answer #3 · answered by tomkat1528 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it must be the expense of the set up. cause i live in a very windy part of the country the usa. and always thought why dont more people use the wind power. welli found out those wind mills cost a lot. lots of sun here too and not many people use solar her either, yea its the expense the start up expense, is just too much. but dunno seems like it may pay for itself in the end, yea i need to research it more.
2007-03-05 21:18:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2017-02-01 18:38:11 · answer #5 · answered by Rhonda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they don't even have enough money to buy food... how can they afford to build solar panels? anyway, most of the places don't even have electrical supply.
2007-03-05 21:21:24 · answer #6 · answered by jytopy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it will be soon used in Africa along with the fast development of the area. www.himinsun.com
2016-03-04 20:28:06 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
becouse Africa is too much hot and solar is verey expences
2007-03-05 21:24:11 · answer #8 · answered by zaher w 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it takes an industrial base as well as native smarts to operate it...they have neither...
2007-03-05 21:21:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
poverty and unawareness.
2007-03-05 21:17:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋