The only time your solar panels stop generating electricity is when the sun’s not out. That means at night and during eclipses. The sun is constant. It rises and sets pretty routinely. It’s more predictable and reliable than power plants, which often experience outages several thousand times every year. Maybe that’s why the U.S. Department of Defense pledged to purchase 3 gigawatts of clean energy for its bases by 2025. That’s renewable energy contributing power equivalent to nearly six coal plants! This kind of recommendation seems to give people more trust in clean energy like solar power. According to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA): There are currently more than 1.5 million residential solar systems in the U.S. One consumer makes the switch to residential solar every 90 seconds Solar energy isn’t a passing fad. It’s the key to a future of lower electricity bills and a cleaner environment.