Review In Renewable Energy [Infographic]

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What Is Renewable Energy?

Renewable Energy is technically something that’s been around for a long time, utilized by nature and man’s early technology. Renewable energy includes energy sources like the sun, wind, bio, thermal, and flowing water and wave & tidal movements.

These renewable energy sources are readily available and are continually renewed. However, these sources are also dilute, and have many problems which have largely gone un-talked about in all the hype.

These energy sources are designed to be integrally part of the many complex designs of life, in a symbiotic, irreducibly complex system of systems.

Man has used our God-given creativity to try to capture these energy sources and utilize them for our own purposes.

Some of the earliest examples of this include the use of water wheels and windmills. On a most basic level, using wood as fuel could also be considered a form of renewable energy. Wood is also a renewable resource used for building & making things.

Renewable Energy Technology

But technology today has grown far beyond windmills and waterwheels. Today, we have solar panels & other ways of utilizing solar power, water & wind turbines, gasifiers, and thermal power plants.

Most of these new technologies focus on generating electricity. This electricity can be stored and/or transported to different locations to power our modern-day appliances.

Renewable Energy VS Non-Renewable Energy

Renewable energy generally refers to types of energy that can be readily replaced instantly or in a short period of time without running out (usually natural).

Non-renewable energy, on the other hand (also usually natural), such as fossil fuels, are generally finite in their supply (however large those reserves may be).

Innovation In Renewable Energy Technology

Engines using non-renewables are getting cleaner & more efficient; and renewable energy devices are also becoming better, more efficient, & more affordable.

For example, older solar panels were thick, heavy, fragile, and inefficient, whereas solar panels today are lighter, stronger, and more efficient – some are even flexible, & advancements have even been made in spray-on solar panels.

Traditional wind turbines use a series of blades similar in orientation to those of a plane’s propellers.

More modern wind turbines have vertical axis blades that spin horizontally. There have even been designs that utilize tethered kites, planes, & inflatables.

The Future of Renewable Energy

With growing global energy consumption & renewable energy adoption rates, many anticipate that renewable energy adoption will continue to grow.

They hope that they will one day replace non-renewables as the world’s main source of energy. But, with new findings, people may want to go nuclear.

For example, solar & wind can be harmful to wildlife & the environment at large scale. They can require more materials & more mining compared to alternatives like nuclear.

And there’s not much of a plan after photovoltaics (which contain toxic elements) finish their expected lifetimes.

All this is because they’re trying to utilize very dilute sources of energy. They are material dense, whereas something like nuclear is energy dense. Nations are starting to see this.

If there is a transition, let’s just hope that it takes place naturally, as long as it takes, and not forcefully, as many people’s livelihoods still rely on nonrenewable energy – and there’s nothing wrong with that.

Let’s also take a deeper look at available data on renewables and whether they’re as good as we’ve been told. Let’s keep our options open for better options as well, such as nuclear.

That said, renewable energy (especially on a personal level) is an exciting industry. With that in mind, we hope you’ll enjoy the infographic below.