Solar Masterclass – Part 4

Adaptability, Safety, Security, Social Acceptance, and Regulation of Solar Power

Contents

1. Introduction

2. Adaptability of Solar

3. Safety of Solar

4. Security of Solar

5. Social Acceptance of Solar

6. Regulation of Solar

7. Concluding Remarks

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Bitesize Edition

• Solar panels are readily seen on top of houses, and here in the UK, we see solar farms situated in rural areas. However, the pursuit of solar panels in urban areas is yet to be widely pursued. Having limited space and shade in high-rise cities ensures this is difficult, but if it can be achieved, the distance between demand and production being reduced will reduce grid losses.

• The safety and security of solar panels are smaller aspects of this series, but still need to be addressed. Solar panels need to be installed and secured safely. Solar theft is on the rise (Up 22.5% in 2022 in the UK) and 650 workers were injured installing solar panels between 2011 and 2019 in the United States.

• Solar panels are accepted by some as the finest thing since sliced bread. Solar panels are a great element of a diversified electricity production portfolio, but they aren’t the crème-de-la-crème. Like everything, there are trade-offs. We need solar power as part of the solution, but it isn’t the entire solution. The buildout of every energy and electricity production method possible is the entire solution, of which solar is a part.

• On an individual level, to help residential areas implement solar panels into their lives, there are government grants and regulations that provide aid to the costs of installing solar panels, and then provide money back for excess electricity produced and supplied to the grid. If you want to know more about the potential of having your own solar panels, continue below!

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Introduction

Upon scanning the contents section, it might appear that this could be a long post. It isn’t, it’s just tying a pretty little bow on my solar masterclass with some smaller sections I haven’t discussed yet. Check out more below.