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What is the average annual electricity consumption of a household in France? Environmental impact Does the manufacture of solar panels require large amounts of energy? Are solar panels recyclable? What contribution do solar arrays make to helping preserve the environment? What is meant by ‘ecological footprint’? What is renewable energy? What are the environmental advantages of installing a solar array?

Producing solar-generated electricity helps us to reduce our annual CO2 emissions. By way of example, the average solar array on a residential property allows for a reduction of up to 35 tonnes of CO2 emissions over a 20 year period, an amount equivalent to that emitted by a car being driven four times around the world. Installing a standard array means the production of 10 grams of material that will remain highly radioactive over a very long period of time can be avoided. (Source: INES).