Sofia Grossman
Solar Farm Sunset
This is the Rock Creek Regional Park solar farm on September 20th, on a beautiful fall evening just before sunset. This solar farm was built by Montgomery Parks who partnered with Standard Solar Inc. in 2015 as part of their Solar Farms Initiative project. This solar farm offsets “more than 2,500 tons of greenhouse gases annually,” (website link below) generating energy to be put into the utility grid. This photo connects to the idea of Earth being an open system where solar radiation enters and exits the system. Without this solar radiation, and life’s ability to convert it into energy, life on Earth as we know it would be non-existent. These solar panels are a great source for renewable energy and show how energy provided by the sun through solar radiation can be harnessed without having to destroy ecosystems to retrieve a limited amount of fossil fuels. Before fossil fuels were burned for energy, natural selection provided a way for some organisms to create energy from sunlight that was readily available. The same is done with these solar panels and is one way to further reach the United Nations Sustainability goal 7 of Affordable and Clean Energy. The more solar panels and renewable energy is used, the cleaner our electricity sources will be.
Montgomery Parks Solar Farms Initiative Website:
www.montgomeryparks.org/montgomery-parks-powers-up-its-fi...
Solar Farm Sunset
This is the Rock Creek Regional Park solar farm on September 20th, on a beautiful fall evening just before sunset. This solar farm was built by Montgomery Parks who partnered with Standard Solar Inc. in 2015 as part of their Solar Farms Initiative project. This solar farm offsets “more than 2,500 tons of greenhouse gases annually,” (website link below) generating energy to be put into the utility grid. This photo connects to the idea of Earth being an open system where solar radiation enters and exits the system. Without this solar radiation, and life’s ability to convert it into energy, life on Earth as we know it would be non-existent. These solar panels are a great source for renewable energy and show how energy provided by the sun through solar radiation can be harnessed without having to destroy ecosystems to retrieve a limited amount of fossil fuels. Before fossil fuels were burned for energy, natural selection provided a way for some organisms to create energy from sunlight that was readily available. The same is done with these solar panels and is one way to further reach the United Nations Sustainability goal 7 of Affordable and Clean Energy. The more solar panels and renewable energy is used, the cleaner our electricity sources will be.
Montgomery Parks Solar Farms Initiative Website:
www.montgomeryparks.org/montgomery-parks-powers-up-its-fi...