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Renewable energy isenergywhich comes fromnatural resourcessuch assunlight,wind,rain,

tides, andgeothermal heat, which arerenewable(naturally replenished). In 2008, about 19% ofglobal final energy consumption came from renewables, with 13% coming from traditional

biomass, which is mainly used forheating, and 3.2% fromhydroelectricity.[1]

New renewables

(small hydro, modern biomass, wind, solar, geothermal, and biofuels) accounted for another

2.7% and are growing very rapidly.

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The share of renewables inelectricity generationis around18%, with 15% of global electricity coming from hydroelectricity and 3% from new

renewables.[1][2]

Wind poweris growing at the rate of 30% annually, with a worldwideinstalled capacityof 158

gigawatts(GW) in 2009,[3][4]

and is widely used inEurope,Asia, and theUnited States.[5]

At theend of 2009, cumulative globalphotovoltaic(PV) installations surpassed 21 GW[6][7][8]andPV

power stationsare popular inGermanyandSpain.[9]

Solar thermal powerstations operate in the

USA and Spain, and the largest of these is the 354megawatt(MW)SEGSpower plant in the

Mojave Desert.[10]

The world's largestgeothermal powerinstallation isThe GeysersinCalifornia, with a rated capacity of 750 MW.Brazilhas one of the largest renewable energy

programs in the world, involving production ofethanol fuelfrom sugar cane, and ethanol nowprovides 18% of the country's automotive fuel.[11]

Ethanol fuel is also widely available in theUSA.

While many renewable energy projects are large-scale, renewable technologies are also suited toruraland remote areas, where energy is often crucial inhuman development.[12]Globally, an

estimated 3 million households get power from smallsolar PVsystems.Micro-hydrosystems

configured into village-scale or county-scale mini-grids serve many areas.[13]

More than 30

million rural households get lighting and cooking frombiogasmade in household-scaledigesters.Biomasscookstoves are used by 160 million households.[13]

Climate changeconcerns, coupled withhigh oil prices,peak oil, and increasing governmentsupport, are driving increasing renewable energy legislation, incentives and

commercialization.[14]

New government spending, regulation and policies helped the industry

weather theglobal financial crisisbetter than many other sectors.[15]

Main article:Wind power

Wind Turbines located outside ofPalm Springs, California

Airflows can be used to runwind turbines. Modern wind turbines range from around 600 kW to5 MW of rated power, although turbines with rated output of 1.53 MW have become the most
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common for commercial use; the power output of a turbine is a function of the cube of the wind

speed, so as wind speed increases, power output increases dramatically.[20]

Areas where windsare stronger and more constant, such as offshore and high altitude sites, are preferred locations

for wind farms. Typicalcapacity factorsare 20-40%, with values at the upper end of the range in

particularly favourable sites.[21][22]

Globally, the long-term technical potential of wind energy is believed to be five times total

current global energy production, or 40 times current electricity demand. This could require windturbines to be installed over large areas, particularly in areas of higher wind resources. Offshore

resources experience mean wind speeds of ~90% greater than that of land, so offshore resources

could contribute substantially more energy.[23]

[edit] Hydropower

See also:HydroelectricityandHydropower

Grand Coulee Damis ahydroelectricgravity damon theColumbia Riverin theU.S. stateof

Washington. The dam supplies four power stations with an installed capacity of 6,809 MW and

is the largestelectric power-producing facility in the United States.

Energy in water can be harnessed and used. Since water is about 800 timesdenser than air,[24][25]

even a slow flowing stream of water, or moderate seaswell, can yield considerable amounts of

energy. There are many forms of water energy:

Hydroelectricenergy is a term usually reserved for large-scale hydroelectric dams.Examples are theGrand Coulee Damin Washington State and theAkosombo Damin

Ghana.

Micro hydrosystems arehydroelectric powerinstallations that typically produce up to100 kW of power. They are often used in water rich areas as aremote-area power supply

(RAPS). There are many of these installations around the world, including severaldelivering around 50 kW in theSolomon Islands.

Run-of-the-river hydroelectricitysystems derivekinetic energyfrom rivers and oceanswithout using a dam.

Ocean energydescribes all the technologies to harnessenergyfrom theoceanand thesea.This includesmarine current power,ocean thermal energy conversion, andtidal power.
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[edit] Solar energy

See also:Solar energy,Solar power, andSolar thermal energy

Monocrystallinesolar cell.

Solar energy is the energy derived from thesunthrough the form ofsolar radiation.Solarpoweredelectrical generation relies onphotovoltaicsandheat engines. A partial list of other

solar applications includes space heating and cooling throughsolar architecture,daylighting,

solar hot water,solar cooking, and high temperature process heat for industrial purposes.

Solar technologies are broadly characterized as either passive solar or active solar depending onthe way they capture, convert and distribute solar energy. Active solar techniques include the use

of photovoltaic panels and solar thermal collectors to harness the energy. Passive solartechniques include orienting a building to the Sun, selecting materials with favorable thermal

mass or light dispersing properties, and designing spaces that naturally circulate air.

[edit] Biomass

Biomass(plant material) is a renewable energy source because the energy it contains comes fromthe sun. Through the process ofphotosynthesis, plants capture the sun's energy. When the plants

are burnt, they release the sun's energy they contain. In this way, biomass functions as a sort of

natural battery for storing solar energy. As long as biomass is produced sustainably, with only asmuch used as is grown, the battery will last indefinitely.[26]

In general there are two main approaches to using plants for energy production: growing plants

specifically for energy use, and using the residues from plants that are used for other things. Thebest approaches vary from region to region according to climate, soils and geography.[26]

[edit] Biofuel
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Main article:Biofuel

Information on pump regardingethanol fuelblend up to 10%,California.

Liquidbiofuelis usually either bioalcohol such as bioethanol or an oil such as biodiesel.

Bioethanolis analcoholmade byfermentingthe sugar components of plant materials and it is

made mostly from sugar and starch crops. With advanced technology being developed, cellulosic

biomass, such as trees and grasses, are also used as feedstocks for ethanol production. Ethanolcan be used as a fuel for vehicles in its pure form, but it is usually used as agasolineadditive to

increase octane and improve vehicle emissions. Bioethanol is widely used in the USA and inBrazil.

Biodieselis made fromvegetable oils,animal fatsor recycled greases. Biodiesel can be used as afuel for vehicles in its pure form, but it is usually used as a diesel additive to reduce levels of

particulates, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbons from diesel-powered vehicles. Biodiesel is

produced fromoilsor fats usingtransesterificationand is the most common biofuel in Europe.

Biofuels provided 1.8% of the world's transport fuel in 2008.[27]According to the International

Energy Agency, biofuels have the potential to meet more than a quarter of world demand fortransportation fuels by 2050.[28]

[edit] Geothermal energy

Main article:Geothermal energy

KraflaGeothermal Station in northeast Iceland
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Geothermal energy is energy obtained by tapping the heat of the earth itself, both from

kilometers deep into the Earth'scrustin volcanically active locations of the globe or fromshallow depths, as ingeothermal heat pumpsin most locations of the planet. It is expensive to

build a power station but operating costs are low resulting in low energy costs for suitable sites.

Ultimately, this energy derives from heat in theEarth's core.

Three types of power plants are used to generate power from geothermal energy: dry steam,

flash, and binary. Dry steam plants take steam out of fractures in the ground and use it to directlydrive a turbine that spins a generator. Flash plants take hot water, usually at temperatures over

200 C, out of the ground, and allows it to boil as it rises to the surface then separates the steam

phase in steam/water separators and then runs the steam through a turbine. In binary plants, thehot water flows through heat exchangers, boiling an organic fluid that spins the turbine. The

condensed steam and remaining geothermal fluid from all three types of plants are injected back

into the hot rock to pick up more heat.[citation needed]

The geothermal energy from the core of the Earth is closer to the surface in some areas than in

others. Where hot underground steam or water can be tapped and brought to the surface it maybe used to generate electricity. Suchgeothermal powersources exist in certain geologicallyunstable parts of the world such asChile,Iceland, New Zealand, United States,the Philippines

and Italy. The two most prominent areas for this in the United States are in theYellowstone

basin and in northernCalifornia.Icelandproduced 170 MW geothermal power and heated 86%of all houses in the year 2000 through geothermal energy. Some 8000 MW of capacity is

operational in total.[citation needed]

There is also the potential to generate geothermal energy fromhot dry rocks. Holes at least 3 km

deep are drilled into the earth. Some of these holes pump water into the earth, while other holes

pump hot water out. The heat resource consists of hot underground radiogenic granite rocks,

which heat up when there is enough sediment between the rock and the earths surface. Severalcompanies in Australia are exploring this technology.[citation needed]

non-renewable resource is anatural resourcewhich cannot be produced, grown, generated, or used on

a scale which cansustainits consumption rate, once used there is no more remaining. These resources

often exist in a fixed amount and are consumed much faster than nature can create them.Fossil fuels

(such ascoal,petroleumandnatural gas) and nuclear power (uranium) are examples. In contrast,

resources such astimber(when harvested sustainably) ormetals(which can berecycled) are considered

renewable resources.[1]

Further information:Oil depletion

Natural resources such ascoal,petroleum, oil andnatural gastake thousands of years to form

naturally and cannot be replaced as fast as they are being consumed. Eventually natural resourceswill become too costly to harvest and humanity will need to find other sources of energy. At

present, the main energy sources used by humans are non-renewable as they are cheap to

produce.

[edit] Radioactive fuel

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The use ofnuclear technologyrequires aradioactivefuel.Uraniumoreis present in the ground atrelatively low concentrations andminedin 19 countries.

[2]The uranium resource is used to create

plutonium,[3]uranium-238isfissionableand can be transmuted into fissileplutonium-239in a

nuclear reactor. Nuclear fuel is used for the production ofnuclear weaponsand innuclear power

stationsto create electricity. Nuclear power provides about 6% of the world's energy and 13

14% of the world's electricity.

[4]

Nuclear technology is avolatile and contaminatingsource offuel production, with the expense of the nuclear industry predominantly reliant onsubsidies. The

radioactive wastethe nuclear industry collects ishighly hazardous, for a prolonged period and

storage hasrisks of containment. Radioactive fuel continues to be a controversial and unresolvedindustry.

[edit] Renewable resources

Further information:Renewable resourceandRenewable energy

Natural resources, called renewable resources, are replaced by natural processes and forces of thenatural environment. There areintermittentand reoccurring renewables, andrecyclable

materials, which are utilised during acycleacross a certain amount of time, and can harnesse anynumber of cycles. Soil, water, forests, plants, and animals are all renewable resources as long as

they are adequately conserved. Solar, wind, wave, and geothermal energies are based on

renewable resources. Renewable resources such as the movement ofwater(hydropower,tidal

powerandwave powerfromocean surface waves),wind(used forwind power),geothermal heat(used forgeothermal power); andradiant energy(used forsolar power) are practically infinite

and cannot be depleted, unlike their non-renewable counterparts, which are likely to run out if

not used sparingly.

Potential wave energy on our coastlines, can provide 1/5 of world demand. Hydroelectric power

can supply 1/3 of our total energy global needs. Geothermal energy can provide 1.5 more times

the energy we need. There is enough wind to power the planet 30 times over, wind power couldpower all of humanity's needs alone. Solar currently supplies only 0.1% of our world energy

needs, but there is enough out there to power humanity's needs 4,000 times over, the entireglobal projected energy demand by 2050.

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[edit] Economic models

In economics, a non-renewable resource is defined as a good where greater consumption today

implies less consumption tomorrow.[7]

David Ricardoin his early works analysed the pricing of

exhaustible resources, where he argued that the price of a mineral resource should increase over

time. He argued that the spot price is always determined by the mine with the highest cost of

extraction, and mine owners with lower extraction costs benefit from a differential rent. The firstmodel is defined byHotelling's rule, which is a 1931 economic model of non-renewableresource

managementbyHarold Hotelling. It shows that efficient exploitation of a nonrenewable andnonaugmentable resource would, under otherwise stable conditions, lead to adepletionof the

resource. The rule states that this would lead to a net price or "Hotelling rent" for it that rose

annually at a rate equal to therate of interest, reflecting the increasing scarcity of the resources.TheHartwick's ruleprovides an important result about thesustainabilityof welfare in an

economy that uses non-renewable source.
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