Advantages

• Inexhaustible fuel source
• No pollution
• Often an excellent supplement to other renewable sources
• Versatile--is used for powering items as diverse as solar cars and satellites

Disadvantages

• Very diffuse source means low energy production--large numbers of solar panels (and thus large land areas) are required to produce useful amounts of heat or electricity
• Only areas of the world with lots of sunlight are suitable for solar power generation