Renewable Energy

There are starting to become more and more types of renewable energy that people are finding out are starting to help the environment. By trying to use renewable energy in our everyday lives is becoming more and more popular, because it can save money and help our earth live longer. 

Biomass energy can greatly reduce the amount of greenhouse gases. It can also reduce the use of certain outside sources of oil, because oil is not a renewable source of energy, whereas biomass is renewable. To understand biomass in easier terms it is also known as energy from plants.

Lots of renewable energy sources come from Mother Nature so it is almost impossible to run out of renewable energy. Solar energy is a type of renewable energy source because, people have relied on the sun for heat. To produce solar energy you can put solar panels on top of buildings or sometimes even stop signs have them to make the stop sign more noticeable. These panels accumulate solar energy from the sun and are used to heat buildings. They even make special kinds of windows that allow the sunlight to come through the windows. This sunlight is taken in by the walls, floors, and ceilings to create heat.

Wind Power energy is generated through the use windmills. The great thing about windmills is that they create electricity through the movement of air! There is always some kind of air movement so it is impossible to run out of wind power energy. Another benefit to windmills is that they take up a small portion of land area, meaning you can have several windmills in just a couple acres of land.

Hydroelectric Power is the flowing of water to generate electricity. This kind of renewable energy is interesting, because it makes its energy under the surface of the water. These spinning turbines under the water spin due to the flowing of water produce its energy. As long as there is flowing water there will always be hydroelectric power.

These are only a few types of renewable energy that I found were the most important and interesting. Other types of renewable energy that you can research are hydrogen and fuel cells, geothermal energy, and tidal energy.

Renewable energy would save the environment, because the world wouldn’t have to rely so much on burning fossil fuels and using nonrenewable energy. Big companies should switch over to solar energy or wind power, cause they need so much energy and electricity to produce heat and light. If they used these energy sources they would save money in the long run and they would be benefiting the environment a ton!!

Posted and Written by:Cheyanne Clure