Solar energy is argued to be the most sustainable type of energy there is‚ but some argue that it isn’t actually as sustainable as others would like to believe. The reason for this is‚ like with the wind energy‚ manufacturing the solar panels has some reports call ‘environmental downsides’. However‚ it is also considered to be one of the most sustainable energy types because it has two forms – light and heat‚ both of which are important to us and the wildlife surrounding us. Plants need the light
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The EU Commision´s 2007 and 2008 communications and proposals were the basis of Directive 2009/28/EC where Strategy 2020 was established. The basic core of this strategy is 20/20/20: 20% reduction in CO2 emissions‚ 20% renewable energy consumption and 20% efficiency on energy management in buildings [2]. Achieving those ambitious targets is based on selecting a choice of instruments to provide the investors with stable regulatory policies as huge inversions are needed‚ in fact by 2020 the financial
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ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or distribution of weather around the average the average conditions. the rate at which energy is received from the sun and the rate at which it is lost to space determine the equilibrium temperature and climate of Earth. This energy is distributed around the globe by winds‚ ocean currents‚ and other mechanisms to affect the climates of different regions. Some effects of climate change are increasing the temperature
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Exelon: Eco-Preferred® Power James C. Anderson Florent G. Carbonneau* January 2003 * James C. Anderson is the William L. Ford Distinguished Professor of Marketing and Wholesale Distribution‚ and Professor of Behavioral Science in Management‚ Kellogg School of Management‚ Northwestern University. He is also the Irwin Gross Distinguished ISBM Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Business Markets (ISBM)‚ located at Penn State University‚ and a Visiting Research Professor
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KOLKATA: Renewable energy has huge potential to provide solution to increase energy crisis and it is the key factor to the future of energy‚ food and economic security‚ said participants at a seminar organized by GREENTECH and BNCCI. "We are a growing economy. So our energy requirement is also growing. But we don’t produce enough energy to meet even our current needs. With depleting fossil fuel reserves and concerns about its environmental impact‚ renewable energy is the only long-term solution
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it our No1 source of energy given endless concerns about its safety and expensive cost. Undoubtedly‚ in a world of increasing population‚ diminishing natural resources and worsening climate change‚ nuclear energy is considered the key future energy resolution. In favor of greater reliance on nuclear energy‚ Mark Lynas – a climate-science author strongly brought in the reasons of: 1st‚ nuclear power avoiding climate change while fossil fuels have failed to do so and green energy capability is still
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Global warming means a gradual increase in the Earth’s average lower atmosphere due to emissions and build up of greenhouse gases . Global warming is when the earth heats up and the temperature rises. It happens when greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide‚ water vapor‚ nitrous oxide‚ and methane trap heat and light from the sun in the earth’s atmosphere‚ which increases the temperature. Greenhouse gases are released mostly by the burning of fossil fuels for transportation‚ heating‚ electrical
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indigenously available‚ clean‚ and renewable source of energy. Currently‚ 15% of the world’s electricity comes from hydroelectric power (Renewable Energy for the 21st Century‚ "Renewables 2007: Global Status Report"). While this number is impressive‚ new technologies will help hydroelectric power play a larger role in meeting global energy needs in the future.New developments are made to achieve best results on harnessing water as an energy source. All aimed at reducing other energy sources depletion and pollution
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modern small-scale electricity system used to generate‚ distribute and regulate the flow of electrical power. It includes distributed energy resources and multiple loads which enable it to interconnect with other electrical grids as well as operate in a parallel power generation environment. Microgrids can be used to generate power from both renewable and non-renewable energy sources. There are different types of microgrids. The first one is true microgrid or customer microgrid‚ which is self-governed
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63% and the rest 11.1% ia collectively produced by renewable energy sources. For nuclear power‚ India has one of the world’s largest reserves of nuclear fuel thorium. According to the Ministry of Atomic Enrgy‚ nuclear power generation was estimated at 13.543 million units. For water based power‚ India has an untapped hydro potential worth 1‚50‚000MW. India has the world’s fourth largest number of wind energy installations. According to the
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