Did you know the sun produces enough solar energy in 1 hour to power the entire world for a year, if we had a battery big enough to store it all? Solar energy, and how we harness the sun’s power, plays a huge role in a clean energy future and SMUD’s 2030 Zero Carbon Plan.
Check out the video below, geared for kids of all ages, to get an in-depth understanding of how solar works and how we’re leveraging it with some of the renewable projects in our portfolio.
The next time you see a solar panel on a house, remember that just like plants turn sunshine into food, these panels turn sunshine into the electricity that powers our world.
