#Discuss thoroughly the contribution of Renewable

Energy Sources to the world as a key solution for

a carbon-free energy supply for our future.
In many ways energy is the currency of our Universe, but to get energy every day, the world
produces carbon dioxide that is released to the earth’s atmosphere and which will still be there
in one hundred years’ time. This increased content of Carbon Dioxide increases the warmth of
our planet and is the main cause of the so called “Global Warming Effect”. One answer to
global warming is to replace and retrofit current technologies with alternatives that have
comparable or better performance, but do not emit carbon dioxide. We call this Alternate
energy. any energy source that provides an alternative to the status quo, Renewable energy
sources that don’t produce carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gasses that
contribute to anthropogenic climate change.
By 2050, one-third of the world's energy will need to come from solar, wind, and other
renewable resources. Climate change, population growth, and fossil fuel depletion mean that
renewables will need to play a bigger role in the future than they do today.
Alternative energy refers to energy sources that have no undesired consequences such for
example fossil fuels or nuclear energy. Alternative energy sources are renewable and are
thought to be "free carbon" energy sources. They all have lower carbon emissions, compared
to conventional energy sources. These include Biomass Energy, Wind Energy, Solar Energy,
Geothermal Energy, Hydroelectric Energy sources. Combined with the use of recycling, the use
of clean alternative energies such as the home use of solar power systems will help ensure
man's survival into the 21st century and beyond.
Renewable energy sources that don’t produce carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse
gasses that contribute to anthropogenic climate change to a sustainable future.

Alternative Energy
1. Solar Power
From an environmental perspective, solar power is the best thing going. A 1.5 kilowatt PV
system will keep more than 110,000 pounds of carbon dioxide, the chief greenhouse gas, out of
the atmosphere over the next 25 years. The system will also prevent the need to burn 60,000
pounds of coal. With solar, there's no acid rain, no urban smog, no pollution of any kind.
2. solar is one of the most promising alternative energy sources on the market today without
carbon emission. This is power involves harnessing the power of our sun. From photovoltaic
(PV) cells that capture photons and convert them into electricity, solar thermal energy (STE)
that makes use of the sun’s heat. Mankind has been crazy to have not bothered to harness the
sun's energy until now. Think about this. Go outside on a sunny day. The light falling on your
face left the Sun just 8 minutes go. In that 8 minutes it traveled 93 million miles. Those photons
are hauling and when they strike your photovoltaics (PV) module you can convert that motion
to electricity. As technology, photovoltaics is not as glitzy as that new sport utility vehicle the
television tells us to crave. But in many ways PV is a much more elegant and sophisticated
technology.
3. Wind Power
 For thousands of years, humans have harnessed the wind to push sails, mill grain, and pump
water. Today, windmills use turbines to convert rotational energy into electricity that can
reliably flow into to a grid. On a larger scale, wind farms are projected to provide as much as
20% of global electricity production by 2030. Though wind energy is now more affordable,
more available, and pollution-free

4. Biomass
Biodiesel are among the most widely used renewable energy sources. In stark contrast to fossil
fuels which are produced by geological processes that can take millions of years, biomass
typically refers to biofuels that are obtained through biological processes such as agriculture
and anaerobic digestion. Fuels like bioethanol from corn or biodiesel from transesterification of
plant oils burn cleaner than conventional fossil fuels and can help countries stay within their
carbon budgets.
5. Tidal Power
The rise and fall of the tides is steady and predictable, making tidal power a viable alternative
source of energy for regions where high tidal ranges are available. The Rance Tidal Power
Station in France, is the world’s first large scale tidal power plant, and used turbines to
generate electricity, much like a hydroelectric power does for a dam. More recently, CETO, the
grid-connected wave power station off the coast of Western Australia used a series of buoys
and seabed pumps to generate electricity.

6. Geothermal
Roughly 1.4 x 1021 joules of heat energy flows to the Earth's surface every year. Regions with
high levels of geothermal activity like Iceland and Indonesia can tap into this geothermal
energy available in magma conduits and hot springs to spin turbines that generate electricity or
provide natural heating to homes.
From an engineering perspective, the renewable is a tremendous resource. A PV system will be
more efficient, arguably greener, and certainly cheaper than backwoods one. More efficient
because the inverter can track the modules "maximum power curve" rather than the lower
voltage needed to recharge batteries. Getting the price down is critical, because no one on the
needs PV, at least not in the same way home owner needs it. To sell renewable connected PV
systems you've got to get the price down and then help prospective customers understand that
solar is to coal as a croissant is to a Twinkie. One is stealing from our kids, the other isn't.