Save Mother Earth - Go green by using electricity from renewable sources - Heard of increasing carbon dioxide emissions and green energy? It is time you switched over to green energy sources and do your bit to make the earth better place to live in. Every small and negligible effort does go a long way to reduce the impact of climate change.
Save Mother Earth - Go green by using electricity from renewable sources
By Robert Brown
May 21, 2010 - 9:20:14 AM
UK generates majority of its energy
requirement by burning coal and gas. Carbon dioxide is a by product
of this burning which when released heats up the earth’s
temperature and leads to drastic climate changes.
Environmentalists are propagating the
use of green energy which has minimal impacts on the earth and its
climate. The green energy sources are also termed as clean energy
sources which utilize the natural energy which is abundantly
available on earth. The popular sources of green or renewable energy
are
Wind power – The harnessing of winds
blowing across the country by turbines in order to produce
electricity is a source of green electricity. With recent
developments, turbines now make less noise and are super efficient.
In future, it is very much likely to find wind turbines situated at
sea shores and the nearby areas will be receiving electricity from
these windfarms.
Solar Power – Enormous amount of
energy received from the sun can be converted into electricity and
utilized accordingly. This procedure involves the use of solar
photovoltaic modules which effectively convert solar power into
electricity through the semiconductor technology. The introduction of
passive solar approach involves construction of buildings which
maximizes the absorption of solar energy. The solar energy so
accumulated can be used for varied purposes such as lighting and
heating.
Hydro power – The generation of
electricity by using water turbines is a relatively old concept.
Today it cater to slightly more than 1% of UK’s total electricity.
The need of the hour is to develop small scale hydro power stations
which generate enough electricity to cater to local areas and do not
cause much damage to the local ecosystem.
Biomass – Use of specially grown
plants or agriculture waste to generate fuel is another way of
generating renewable energy. By burning these plants to generate
electricity, absorbed carbon dioxide is released which is not harmful
to the atmosphere. There have been cases where forests have been
cleared to grow special energy crops to be used as biomass which are
a definite cause of concern.
Landfill gas – The decomposition of
rubbish in the landfill releases methane gas. This methane gas is
burnt in a gas turbine in order to generate electricity. Instead of
releasing methane into air which is a powerful greenhouse gas it
would be advisable to burn it off and generate electricity. Presently
there are many landfill gas sites in UK which generate electricity.
Most gas and electricity suppliers UK
advocate the use of energy from renewable sources. They offer gas and
electricity offers which release zero carbon or aid in production of
renewable source of energy. Most of these offers are provided at
standard tariffs and are affordable. It would a good initiative on
your part to sign up for green energy products and do your best to
reduce carbon emissions.
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