Clean Energy

Review On Clean Energy Sources and Applications

De: Sivakumaran Sivaramanan

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

According to Global Economic Symposium (2016), in the past two decades proven gas reserves have increased by 70% and proven oil reserves by 40%, with the emergence of advanced technology new oil and gas fields are being discovered all the time, technology also opens up potential unconventional sources such as tar sands, shale gas and ultra deep waters, use of renewable energy sources also increases day by day. However, still 80% of the world’s total energy needs rely on fossil fuels and it is also confirmed that we have sufficient energy for next three decades. The energy crisis does not mean the depletion of the energy sources alone it also expresses the possible power shortages that can occur due to unstable supply and alteration in fuel costs. Even though the ultimate objective or solution of the energy crisis is not providing clean energy alone, increasing environmental hazards such as climate change or global warming due to increasing trend in greenhouse gas emission, acid rain and adverse effects of other air pollutants resulting from fuel combustion elevates the need for clean energy. This book reviews the current trend of world’s energy consumption, possible mitigations for energy crisis and type of clean energy sources such as geothermal power, hydropower, wind power, solar power, tidal power, wave energy, osmotic power, fuel cell, nuclear power, biofuels and manpower, their electricity generation process, usage, benefits and impacts on environmental and human prospective.