1. A renewable energy source.

2.  Whenever you hear the word solar you should know that what ever you are about to learn has to do with the sun.  Solar power is the conversion of sunlight into electricity.

3.  There are three main ways to use the sun’s energy (apart from drying clothes).  The fist is; using solar cells to convert the light into electricity.  The second is; solar water heating which is basically when heat from the Sun is used to heat water that is in glass panels on your roof.  And the third is; using solar furnaces. Solar furnaces use a huge variety of mirrors to gather the Sun's energy into a small space and produce very high temperatures.

4.  Solar power is free, the energy is already in the atmosphere waiting to be used.  The school can save money for funding more education and educational tools or to make the school larger.  In sunny areas it works great.

5.  The cost of building solar panels and installing them is very expensive but as technology improves the price gradually going down.  It doest work at night.  Only works in sunny areas and usually requires many solar panels for needed amount of energy unless the building is not totally run on solar power.  Solar panels constantly have to be replaced and maintained for they are very fragile.

7.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power  http://www.darvill.clara.net/altenerg/solar.htm #intro http://www.darvill.clara.net/altenerg/solar.htm #intro  http://library.thinkquest.org/20331/types/sola r/problems.html http://library.thinkquest.org/20331/types/sola r/problems.html