What are the benefits of PV?

Environmental Benefits

Solar power leaves the air as it is, contributing no carbon, or other air pollutants, as does burning coal, gas or oil (the fuel source for 70% of US electric generation).

• It has no risk of radiation, as does nuclear power (20% of US electric generation).

• It leaves the rivers alone to run freely, with nothing blocked or drowned, unlike hydroelectric plants (7% of US electric generation).

• There is no noise.

• It consumes or pollutes no water.

• It produces no waste in its production.

• It does not use a lot of land, since it is usually mounted on top of buildings.

• The fuel supply is unlimited. The sunshine will not diminish its supply by using it, unlike the fuels that supply 98% of the electricity you buy.

• The power is delivered to the production point by the sun, and its production is local to where it will be used, unlike the centralized system we have now.