Take a look at the exciting world of solar energy and how we can use it to heat a building, power an oven and how one day it may even be used on roads to charge your car as you drive.

Explore the world's most revolutionary and exciting ecological developments in Eco Works. This series for 9+ readers examines how green technology is finding inventive solutions to some of the most pressing problems facing us today. From sourcing sustainable energy and reducing our carbon footprints through to creating recycling processes and community gardens that provide our growing urban populations with green space and food, find out exactly how and why 'eco works'.

This book is part of a book series called Eco Works .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Hachette Children's Group .

Robyn Hardyman is a highly experienced book author and editor. She has written a variety of titles for children and her subjects include outdoor adventure books, social sciences and literacy. Robyn is married with children and lives and works in Oxford.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Energy from the sun
• 1: Using solar power
• 1: Solar thermal power
• 1: Solar thermal power outdoors
• 1: Electricity from sunlight
• 1: How solar cells work
• 1: The solar system
• 1: A regular supply
• 1: Solar electricity outside
• 1: The limitations of solar power
• 1: Solar power for everyone
• 1: Where in the world?
• 1: Solar-powered future
• 1: Glossary
• 1: For more information
• 1: Index