WHERE can we use Solar Power? WHERE can we use Solar Power?

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• Any place that isn%26#039;t dark, preferably Geostationary orbit.
  
  To use solar power in places where it is dark periodically (such as say, Earth) you either have to be able to tolerate periodic loses of power (not an option for electricity generation), store the energy somehow (still not solved on the scale we need it to be) or use other technologies to provide power when it is dark (what actually happens, usually burning fossil fuels).
  
  Of course the amount of sunlight you get also matters, far from the equator of Earth there%26#039;s just not enough light for solar to be viable. For space stations solar power should be viable well out past the orbit of Neptune with the use of mirrors but that%26#039;s not a very good solution on Earth because the concentrator would have to survive forces a space based concentrator wouldn%26#039;t be exposed to. 20% 1 Vote http://www-renewableenergy.com/SolarPowe... 0% 0 Votes 0% 0 Votes