Renewable Energy FAQ

All the questions that you had about renewable energy are answered here

What is Renewable Energy?

Renewable energy is sustainable energy that comes from the natural environment. Certain sources of energy are “renewable” as they are maintained or replaced by nature. Renewable energy is obtained from sources that are essentially inexhaustible, unlike fossil fuels, of which there is a finite supply and cannot be replenished. The best example, we do not need to find new 'reservoirs' of wind, solar or geothermal energy. The energy is always there, Renewable sources of energy include solar, wind, water, biomass, wood, waste, geothermal, wind, photovoltaic, and solar thermal energy. Non renewable energy sources include coal, oil and natural gas.

Can renewable energy really power my home or business?

Many renewable energy systems can be integrated with the regular electricity provided by your local utility. This is called grid integration and it is increasingly popular around the world

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When will renewable energy replace coal and nuclear power plants?

At the moment the most common energy sources are nuclear and fossil-fuel-based and it is still quite inexpensive. However, the price of these sources and especially fossil fuels continue to rise and the price of solar and renewable energy continues to decline. Because we experienced major rise in the price of oil production people are increasing their demand for clean energies.
There are some countries such as Japan, Germany and some developing countries, where renewable energies are already competitive due to a number of market forces. These are the same market forces that becomes relevant to consumers in North America (i.e. the high price of fossil fuels, increasing government incentives and concern for global warming, to name a few).

What are the environmental benefits of renewable energy?

Every KwH of electricity produced by a renewable energy system comes instead of the same amount of electricity produced by conventional power generation stations that are using fossil fuels or natural gas or coal that contribute to CO2, SO2, NOx and smog. Clean renewable energy production reduces these parts that we usually call smog and by that reduce significant health problem on the same hot sunny days when a solar energy system can produce electricity at its peak level

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