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SEMINAR PRESENTATION
ON
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
Resource
A resource is a source or supply from which benefit is produced. Precondition of resource is
to full fill the need of human being. Allkind of natural elements are not
resources.
What is Renewable Energy Resource ?
Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources, which are
naturally replenished on a human timescale, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves,
and geothermal heat.
Renewable energy is natural energy which does not have a limited supply. It can be used
again and again, and will never run out.
Renewable energy often provides energy in four important areas: electricity generation,
air and water heating/cooling, transportation, and rural (off-grid) energy services.
Why Do We Need Renewable
Energy?
Why Do We Need Renewable Energy?
Fossil Fuels Are Limited
Fossil fuels are a finite resource. Fossil fuels will run out eventually and it will take some
10,000,000 years to replenish what we have used in around 150 years. As the human
population increases, our rate of consumption of these fossil fuels also increases.
Economic Stability
Related to some of the issues mentioned above, where renewable energy offers a
constant and sustained supply (such as hydroelectric, wave power, solar and biofuels),
energy prices are likely to remain stable and in turn, keep the economy stable.
It provides the foundation for energy independence
By developing renewable energy resources, countries can work toward energy independence with a
diversified portfolio of energy to access.
Environmental damage
As fossil fuel supply gets harder to acquire, and prospectors search for new pockets of oil and have
to drill longer and deeper to acquire it, there has been conflict between environmental groups,
industry and between governments when local wildlife and environmentally sensitive areas are
threatened.
Able to be stored
Many people do not realize this but renewable energy sources can be stored.
For example, solar energy can be stored in solar panels so that it can be used
even during cloudy weather or during the winter.
Can be integrated into daily life
Renewable energy sources can be harnessed in a way that does not disrupt daily
life. For example, cows can graze in the same field as wind turbines are at work, and
solar panels can be placed on the roof of a family home to create a handy energy
source.
Some examples of renewable energy sources will help to illuminate things even
further. Solar energy is a key example of a renewable energy resource. No matter
how many solar panels we use to harness the sun's rays, we will not deplete the
sun.
There are various sources of renewable energy. They are given below:
The natural flow of water in rivers offers kinetic power that can be
transformed into usable energy.
The amount of energy extracted from flowing water depends on the volume of water and
its speed. Hydropower accounts for 17% of the world electricity supply
Wind Energy
Wind Energy
Wind energy is just what it sounds like: energy that we get from the wind.
The moving air (wind) has huge amounts of kinetic energy, and this can be
transferred into electrical energy using wind turbines.
The wind turns the blades, which spin a shaft, which connects to a generator and
makes electricity.
Wind turbines cannot work if there is no wind, or if the wind speed is
so high it would damage them.
Historically, solar energy has been harnessed through passive solar technologies. Solar
energy can be harnessed only during the day and only if the sunlight is not blocked by
clouds, buildings or other obstacles.
Solar energy is used for producing solar energy, it is also used for drying clothes, used by
plants during the process of photosynthesis and also used by human beings during
winter seasons to make their body temperature warm.
• Solar energy does not create any pollution and is widely used by many countries.
It is renewable source of power since sun will continue to produce sunlight all the
years.
• Solar panels, which are required to harness this energy can be used for long time
• Deep down in the earth's crust, there is molten rock (magma). Molten rock is simply
rocks that have melted into liquid form as a result of extreme heat under the earth.
• Geothermal technology takes advantage of the hot close-to earth- surface temperatures
to generate power.
• In places with hotter 'close-to-earth-surface' temperatures, deep wells can be drilled and
cold water pumped down.
• The water runs through fractures in the rocks and is heated up. It returns to the
surface as hot water and steam, where its energy can be used to drive turbines and
electricity generators.
• Most wave power systems include the use of a floating buoyed device and
generate energy through a shaking motion or by mechanic movement from the
wave’s peaks and troughs.
• Ideal for an island country. More likely to be small local operations, rather than
done on a national scale.
wave energy
converter
Tidal power
Tidal power
• Tidal power or tidal energy is a form of hydropower that converts the energy obtained
from tides into useful forms of power, mainly electricity.
• Tidal power basically involves using kinetic energy from the incoming and outgoing
tides. The difference in high tides and low tides are also important in this respect. It is
another form of hydropower.
• In short, tidal energy generator captures the kinetic motion of the tides and converts
them into electrical energy.
Tidal power
The main advantage of tidal energy is that it is completely renewable and
are much more predictable than wave energy.
• Th e m o s t c o m m o n ly u s e d ty p e of bio m a s s is w o o d , either r o u n d
wood or wood waste fro m industrial activ ities .
Decomposition: Things that can rot, like garbage, human and animal waste, dead
animals and the like can be left to rot, releasing a gas called biogas (also known as
methane gas or landfill gas). Methane can be captured by a machine called
Microturbine and converted into electricity
Fermentation: Ethanol can be produced from crops with lots of sugars, like corn and
sugarcane. The process used to produce ethanol is called gasification.
Hydrogen Energy
HYDROGEN ENERGY
Hydrogen is the most abundant element available on earth but it is
rarely alone. Even water contains two third of hydrogen.
• It is completely renewable and can be produced over and over again on demand.
produced
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