Have you heard of carbon footprint? Of course, you have.
Over decade, there was an ever-growing attention on climate change and the approaches wherein we are able to prevent it. Knowing your carbon footprint is important to understand your impact on the planet.
The idea of carbon footprint is described as the total amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emitted through land clearance and production and consumption of power.
Across the world, every day, human actions for increasing energy demand produce greenhouse gases (GHG) in vast quantities. The carbon footprint of US households is about 5 times greater than the global average, which is around 10 tons CO2 annual emission per household.
Still wondering does solar energy really fulfill energy demands & reduce carbon footprint?
According to EIA, total solar power generated from small scale & large scale level is around 115 billion kWh. So yes, it definitely energy efficient source. Solar power, generated through commercially-available solar power PV systems have components solar panels, inverters, batteries etc. Solar power is cleanest & efficient way to create electricity, but process of prepare solar panel, batteries & inverter create emission about 40g equivalent CO2 per kilowatt-hour of power generated, where coal generated about 1000 g of equivalent CO2 per kilowatt-hour.
Conclusion
CO2 emission in atmosphere by using fossil fuel is 25 times more harmful than solar energy. So switching to solar energy for fulfill energy demand is definitely one of the better & effective option to reduce carbon footprint.