{"id":23860,"date":"2022-06-29T14:38:35","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T05:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/?p=23860"},"modified":"2023-02-16T17:33:06","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T08:33:06","slug":"solar-energy-keeps-shining-despite-misconceptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2022-06-solar-energy-keeps-shining-despite-misconceptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar energy keeps on shining despite misconceptions"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"23860\" class=\"elementor elementor-23860\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-57fec281 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"57fec281\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5edd770a\" data-id=\"5edd770a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9452678 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9452678\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/JUN-NO3-Infographic\ud0dc\uc591\uad11-\uc5d0\ub108\uc9c08-940x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-25224\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/JUN-NO3-Infographic\ud0dc\uc591\uad11-\uc5d0\ub108\uc9c08.jpg 940w, https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/JUN-NO3-Infographic\ud0dc\uc591\uad11-\uc5d0\ub108\uc9c08-300x77.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db67e84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db67e84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Amid continued calls for countries around the world to speed up the transition to renewable energy, you might wonder why are we not already seeing a greater transition in the direction of clean sources of power. This is an especially pertinent question for solar energy, which has gone from being the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/story\/environment\/cheap-renewable-energy-vs-fossil-fuels\/\">most expensive to cheapest<\/a> source of electricity per megawatt-hour of energy available today.<\/p><p>In this article, we\u2019ll take a look at where solar energy is at today after a rapid leap in the last year, as well as exploring how we reached this point and addressing some misconceptions about this form of power.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82cce62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"82cce62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The current picture: Solar energy shining brighter<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2941d70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2941d70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The good news is that solar and wind energy were responsible for more than 10 percent of global electricity for the first time last year, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/ember-climate.org\/insights\/research\/global-electricity-review-2022\/\">Global Electricity Review 2022<\/a>, which showed that solar generation in particular rose 23 percent last year.<\/p><p>Australia is an interesting example, as its share of electricity made up by solar energy rose from barely 2 percent in 2015 to a G20-leading 11.79 percent in 2021.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6993aee elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6993aee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/JUN-NO3-Infographic\ud0dc\uc591\uad11-\uc5d0\ub108\uc9c0.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Solar Share of Electricity Generation for G20 Countries\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjUyMjUsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9uZXdzLnNhbXN1bmdjbnQuY29tXC91cGxvYWRcLzIuMFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzNcLzIwMjJcLzA2XC9KVU4tTk8zLUluZm9ncmFwaGljXHVkMGRjXHVjNTkxXHVhZDExLVx1YzVkMFx1YjEwOFx1YzljMC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/JUN-NO3-Infographic\ud0dc\uc591\uad11-\uc5d0\ub108\uc9c0.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-25225\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/JUN-NO3-Infographic\ud0dc\uc591\uad11-\uc5d0\ub108\uc9c0.jpg 940w, https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/JUN-NO3-Infographic\ud0dc\uc591\uad11-\uc5d0\ub108\uc9c0-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ca3b8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ca3b8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An example of how Australia is transforming its energy outlook is through initiatives such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2022\/jun\/05\/tower-of-power-new-office-building-to-be-fully-clad-in-solar-panels-in-australian-first\">this office building<\/a> in Melbourne, which will be almost fully powered by its own \u201csolar skin\u201d made up of 1,182 solar panels no thicker than a normal glass facade.<\/p><p>Meanwhile, the United States government has taken <a href=\"https:\/\/pv-magazine-usa.com\/2022\/06\/06\/white-house-takes-executive-action-to-spur-us-solar-manufacturing\/\">recent steps<\/a> to support its solar industry, as the U.S. has been joined by other nations in planning to rely on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/industries\/electric-power-and-natural-gas\/our-insights\/net-zero-by-2035-a-pathway-to-rapidly-decarbonize-the-us-power-system\">100 percent clean energy by 2035<\/a>.<\/p><p>And this industry is developing all the time, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.assemblymag.com\/articles\/96333-automakers-are-developing-solar-powered-vehicles\">solar panels helping to power vehicles<\/a>. Looking further ahead, China is even set to start building the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3180627\/china-brings-forward-plans-space-solar-power-plant\">first-ever solar power plant in space<\/a> by 2028.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3779231 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3779231\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How we got here: History of solar power<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b17b8ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b17b8ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>People have been harnessing the power of the sun for millennia, but the birth of solar energy can be traced back to Edmond Becquerel\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/sponsored\/brief-history-solar-panels-180972006\/\">discovery of the photovoltaic effect<\/a> in 1839. In essence, the photovoltaic effect refers to the generation of voltage or electric current in a material when it is exposed to light, such as the sun.<\/p><p>Although patents for solar-powered devices were filed before the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century, silicon-based solar cells were a major breakthrough in the 1950s. Still, it took decades before solar energy became commercially viable.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf6668c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bf6668c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/JUN-NO3-Infographic\ud0dc\uc591\uad11-\uc5d0\ub108\uc9c02.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"A Brief History of Solar Energy\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjUyMjcsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9uZXdzLnNhbXN1bmdjbnQuY29tXC91cGxvYWRcLzIuMFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzNcLzIwMjJcLzA2XC9KVU4tTk8zLUluZm9ncmFwaGljXHVkMGRjXHVjNTkxXHVhZDExLVx1YzVkMFx1YjEwOFx1YzljMDIuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"1380\" src=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/JUN-NO3-Infographic\ud0dc\uc591\uad11-\uc5d0\ub108\uc9c02.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-25227\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/JUN-NO3-Infographic\ud0dc\uc591\uad11-\uc5d0\ub108\uc9c02.jpg 940w, https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/JUN-NO3-Infographic\ud0dc\uc591\uad11-\uc5d0\ub108\uc9c02-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/JUN-NO3-Infographic\ud0dc\uc591\uad11-\uc5d0\ub108\uc9c02-698x1024.jpg 698w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5802ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d5802ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Common misconceptions: A misunderstood source of power<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2184705 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2184705\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Interestingly, there may still be the misconception that solar energy is too expensive. We have already mentioned that it is the cheapest source of power.<\/p><p>But what about other misunderstandings around solar power? From concerns about glare and noise to heat islands, let\u2019s take a look.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e54ec5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8e54ec5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/JUN-NO3-Infographic\ud0dc\uc591\uad11-\uc5d0\ub108\uc9c03.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Myths and Facts about Solar Farms\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjUyMjgsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9uZXdzLnNhbXN1bmdjbnQuY29tXC91cGxvYWRcLzIuMFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzNcLzIwMjJcLzA2XC9KVU4tTk8zLUluZm9ncmFwaGljXHVkMGRjXHVjNTkxXHVhZDExLVx1YzVkMFx1YjEwOFx1YzljMDMuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/JUN-NO3-Infographic\ud0dc\uc591\uad11-\uc5d0\ub108\uc9c03.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-25228\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/JUN-NO3-Infographic\ud0dc\uc591\uad11-\uc5d0\ub108\uc9c03.jpg 940w, https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/JUN-NO3-Infographic\ud0dc\uc591\uad11-\uc5d0\ub108\uc9c03-147x300.jpg 147w, https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/JUN-NO3-Infographic\ud0dc\uc591\uad11-\uc5d0\ub108\uc9c03-501x1024.jpg 501w, https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/JUN-NO3-Infographic\ud0dc\uc591\uad11-\uc5d0\ub108\uc9c03-752x1536.jpg 752w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3d5fe9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e3d5fe9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Samsung C&amp;T\u2019s role in the solar energy transition<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59ecd1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59ecd1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Samsung C&amp;T Trading &amp; Investment Group is expanding its solar energy business, with renewable energy as a main growth engine.<\/p><p>The company earlier completed construction of a wind and solar power complex in Ontario, Canada capable of producing a total of 1,369 MW of electricity. And Samsung C&amp;T has since been strengthening its solar and renewable energy business in North America.<\/p><p>Look out for our upcoming feature on the efforts of one of the company\u2019s solar energy teams based in the U.S., which is responsible for massive solar power plant projects in Texas and California.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid continued calls for countries around the world to speed up the transition to renewable energy, you might wonder why are we not already seeing a greater transition in the direction of clean sources of power. 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