Renewable Energy Solutions that are Both Affordable and Trustworthy?
We have found that there is so much distrust and misinformation in the renewable energy field that a consultative approach is needed, on a case by case basis, to address your power concerns. Each one of us is different and each home, farm, or company has their own concerns based on past experiences with energy providers or solutions -- most of which are far from positive.
It's time for a change!
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Green Energy is a huge buzz word and industry we all talk about. Let’s explore the top contenders that might provide our energy in the future. According to Energy Deregulation Facts, they are:
- Solar Power
- Wind Power
- Biomass
- Biofuel
Solar Power
Solar power should be divided in two categories. Passive solar and active solar. Passive is defined as ways to orienting structures and using material to absorb or dissipate heat energy. Active solar energy is using materials to capture and harness solar radiation. The most common are photovoltaic cells and heat engines.
Photovoltaic cells get the most amount of attention. They are important because they can convert solar radiation into electricity. Currently the real world conversion rate is about 10% to 20%. Initially it was 1% to 3%. Right now the conversion rate to cost is too high to make solar cells competitive with current energy sources. At some point the cost to produce solar cells will decrease along with increased efficiency to make them a competitive energy solution.
Wind Power
Wind Energy has been used for hundreds of year is not thousands. Everyone has seen pictures of windmills used to draw water from wells, grind wheat into flour and run industrial equipment. Today the focus is on producing electricity. Electric windmills use the wind to turn a rotor. This rotor then turns a generator that produces electricity. It is the same concept as a dam, except the dam uses water to turn the generator.
The negatives on windmills are the visual site, cost of connecting to the grid or buying batteries, they only work in strong wind areas, and then there is the noise.
Biomass
Biomass is one of the brighter options. Biomass comes from waste. Things such as garage, animal manure, lumber mill waste, tires and yard clippings to name a few. They are waste products that have traditionally filled our landfills. In many sites across the world this waste is now collected and recycled into power. To do this the biomass is feed into a furnace and burned. The heat creates steam and the steam is used to turn generators thus creating electricity.
Biofuels
Biofuels are made from biomass. Currently corn and sugar cane are the major sources for biofuels. Recently corn has lost favor, because we use almost as much energy to produce corn biofuels as it yields. In other words we use approximately 1 unit of energy to produce 1.5 units of corn energy (a yield of 1 to 1.5). Sugar cane on the one hand is ideal because the waste product of the food is used to product biofuel with yields of 1 to 8.
Green energy technology is improving
It is very likely we will have viable, abundant, competitive, clean and renewable energy sources in the future.
In the meantime, our Clean & Renewable Energy Partners are able to offer:
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