Wind Energy

If one considers the fastest growing segment of energy production, the answer would be definitely wind energy production from renewable sources. Actually, wind energy currently represents the most common form of renewable energy in the world. Wind energy originates form solar energy. In its essence, it is transformed form of solar energy. The thing is that sun when radiates, unevenly heats different parts of the Earth, which as a result has different air pressures. Consequently, tendency to equalize air pressures creates wind. In some parts of the Earth, blow so-called constant winds and these areas are the most cost-effective in terms of wind energy production. Good positions for wind turbines installation are ocean coast and high seas. Offshore stands out as the best position because of the constant winds, however costs of installation and energy transport represent large obstacle for  such exploitation.

Solar Energy

The Sun is star in our closest proximity and provides almost all available energy on Earth. Solar energy originates from nuclear reactions in core of the sun, where the temperature reaches 15 million Celsius degrees. It is all about fusion, where hydrogen atoms merge and as a result helium is produced with large amounts of energy released. Every second about 600 million tons of hydrogen are being converged into helium, wherein the weight of about 4 million tons of hydrogen is being transformed into energy.

Introduction to the Renewable Energy Resources

Non-renewable energy sources

Thermal and electrical energy are the most dominant forms of energy which enable the functioning of modern civilization. Using advanced technological processes by applying certain converter these types of energy can be converted into other forms of energy. It is important to state that heat and electricity are today dominantly derived from non-renewable sources of energy. Under the term of non-renewable energy sources one considers all potential carriers of some form of energy that were once created, but cannot be restored at the moment. Such energy sources are fossil fuels (oil with its derivate, coal, natural gas) and nuclear fuels (fission).