Solar Facts

0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.

Leonardo da Vinci designed solar concentrators around 1515 to harness the sun's energy for industrial purposes, making him one of the earliest visionaries to imagine large-scale solar power.

A proposed 2,250-foot Solar Wind Energy Tower in Arizona was designed to generate as much electricity as the Hoover Dam by spraying water mist at the top, creating a downdraft that would spin turbines at the base.