Renewable Energy Resources

I live in Arizona where it is almost always sunny. Solar energy would be a good alternate energy source because there would be very few days on which the solar panels could not store energy from the sun.

A dam is built to retain water, and a lake forms behind the dam. As water is released, its force turns turbines, which turn generators that make electricity.

Sun, wind, water, geothermal energy, biomass energy

Biomass energy is generated by the burning of organic materials.

air pollution and toxic ash residue

Inexhaustible resources are sources of energy that will never run out. In contrast, renewable resources could potentially run out. They are finite energy resources that can be replaced in a relatively short period of time.

One possible explanation is that the technology for using nonrenewable resources is much more developed than the technology for using renewable or inexhaustible resources.

While biomass energy is considered to be renewable there are major problems associated with it. The burning of large sections of forest results in habitat destruction and air pollution.

Two examples of renewable resources are energy from wood and energy from alcohol.

Solar energy has great potential as an energy source because it is inexhaustible. It is also a relatively clean source of energy. However, solar energy is currently relatively inefficient and disposal of the batteries is problematic.

Renewable Resources

solar

Biomass

true

hydroelectric

false

false

Geothermal

false

geothermal