Biofuels have been around as long as cars have.

A biofuel is a fuel that contains energy from geologically recent carbon fixation. These fuels are produced from living organisms.

Generating Electricity from Wing Waves.

Wind turbines, like windmills, are mounted on a tower to capture the most energy. At 100 feet (30 meters) or more aboveground, they can take advantage of the faster and less turbulent wind.

Producing electricity from solar energy.

Solar energy is a free, inexhaustible resource, yet harnessing it is a relatively new idea. The ability to use solar power for heat was the first discovery.

Turbines catch the wind's energy with their propeller-like blades.

A blade acts much like an airplane wing. When the wind blows, a pocket of low-pressure air forms on the downwind side of the blade.

Solar energy may have had great potential

Solar technology advanced to roughly its present design in 1908 when William J. Bailey of the Carnegie Steel Company invented a collector with an insulated box and copper coils.

We have been harnessing the wind's energy for hundreds of years.

For utility-scale sources of wind energy, a large number of wind turbines are usually built close together to form awind plant.

Biofuels are produced from living organisms.

In order to be considered a biofuel the fuel must contain over 80 percent renewable materials.

Geothermal energy is the heat from the Earth.

Resources of geothermal energy range from the shallow ground to hot water and hot rock found a few miles beneath the Earth's surface, and down even deeper to the extremely high temperatures of molten rock called magma.

Geothermal heat pumps can tap into this resource to heat and cool buildings.

A geothermal heat pump system consists of a heat pump, an air delivery system (ductwork), and a heat exchanger-a system of pipes buried in the shallow ground near the building.

In the future, civilization will be forced to research and develop alternative energy sources.

Possession of surplus energy is, of course, a requisite for any kind of civilization, for if man possesses merely the energy of his own muscles, he must expend all his strength - mental and physical - to obtain the bare necessities of life.

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Tuesday, 12 July 2011

How To Promote Renewable Energy

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How To Promote Renewable Energy
 There are many ways to be more green and promote solar and renewable energy. Everyone can contribute something to making the Southeast more sustainable. Besides the things you can do to make your own home, business or lifestyle more sustainable, here are some suggestions that will make a difference for all Southerners. Like it or not, Renewable Energy projects across the country are adopted primarily as a result of incentives. And unfortunately, this will be the case for the next five to ten years. So how does this benefit us? The point of incentives are to promote investment and drive innovation that will allow the industry to stand on its own. In the early 1900s the Federal government paid very similar incentives to oil speculators in order to promote that energy resource into what it is today. Similarly, when coal and nuclear plants are built, state and federal dollars are employed to make these necessary infrastructure investments economically viable. This same approach is working for solar PV. In the last two years, the average price of solar modules has dropped by 40%. As prices continue to drop, soon many US consumers will be able to purchase solar power for the same price or less than they pay for retail electricity from their utility. That's when things will start to get interesting. Its all part of the process to make solar affordable and available everywhere in the US and the world for generations to come.SO WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP? PARTICIPANT IN UTILITY PROGRAMSGeorgia Power's Green Energy program and the Green Power program offered by most EMCs provides the funding that supports solar incentives in Georgia. These are voluntary programs with all the proceeds going toward the purchase of renewable energy. So when you sign up, you are buying the clean energy from a neighbor's solar energy system or a biomass renewable energy project. TELL OUR ELECTED LEADERSIn most states, incentives are a combination of utility incentives and tax credits or grants from the State and Federal Government. Both are influenced by voters like you. The state tax credits that supports projects in Georgia are the result of legislation enacted by our State Representatives. What's more, the Public Services Commission is comprised of elected officials charged with serving the public service needs of every citizen. They have the ability to mandate that a portion of power be produced from renewable energy sources. Emails and phone calls can have a significant impact. Find your local representatives at Congress.org. Let them know that green energy is important to you and that it is important to keeping Georgia competitive with the rest of the nation. TELL YOUR FRIENDSFinally, spread the word. While there is positive momentum for renewable energy projects all over the country and the world, the Southeast is lagging behind this green revolution. Pass this along and let people know that without incentives, without the political will to change, renewable energy will not have a chance in the southeast. Want to learn more? Give us a call, and we'll happily explain how you can become more involved in the solar industry and promote clean renewable energy. The post How to Promote Renewable Energy appeared first on Inman Solar.
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