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Solar Thermal Heating Starts With The Sun
Put solar thermal energy from the Sun work for you. First take a look at the Sun to appreciate its power and splendor. Click on the short video clip below, - it will make your day!
The power and beauty of the Sun’s solar energy are stunning! The Sun spews out about 386 billion million gigawatts of electromagnetic radiation or solar energy.
Compare that to a nuclear reactor that generates about 1 gigawatt. Energy generated in the world today only amounts to a few thousand gigawatts.
This amounts to a minute scrap of the Sun's solar energy falls on our Earth. Even so, every living thing depends upon the Sun’s solar energy.
The sun has produced energy for billions of years. Solar energy is the sun’s rays (solar radiation) that reach the Earth. This solar thermal (heat), solar energy is used for heat and electricity.
Imagine for a moment that you can harness the Sun's energy for heating.