Since the recognition of fossil fuels such as coal and oil as being unsustainable and with potentially dangerous and hazardous impact to life on earth, research has been and
continues to move towards the development of safer and cleaner energy sources. One potential alternative clean energy option is to harness the suns energy to generate power.
The inexhaustible energy the sun produces generates enough energy every hour to provide the power for the usage of the average person for an entire year. It is said that every second it produces the same amount of energy as 2.5 x 10 (to the 9th power) of what the largest power plants in the world can generate in a year. That is over two billion watts. This sustainable and life giving energy source has finally helped start a new trend in construction and energy conservation with the development of the solar cell home.

