Renewable vs Non-Renewable Resources
Facts about Renewable energy
All renewable energy does not produce air and water pollution. All renewable energy can be harvested without burning fossil fuels.
Renewable energy sources - Biomass
Along with the rain and snow, sunlight causes plants to grow. The organic matter that makes up those plants is known as biomass. Biomass can be used to produce electricity, transportation fuels, or chemicals. The use of biomass for any of these purposes is called biomass energy
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Renewable energy sources - Hydropower
Flowing water creates energy that can be captured and turned into electricity. This is called hydroelectric power or hydropower. BSB studies hydro-power technologies, give you Information.
Renewable energy sources - Hydrogen
Hydrogen also can be found in many organic compounds, as well as water. It's the most abundant element on the Earth. But it doesn't occur naturally as a gas. It's always combined with other elements, such as with oxygen to make water. Once separated from another element, hydrogen can be burned as a fuel or converted into electricity.
Facts about Non-renewable energy sources
Most countries currently rely heavily on coal, oil, and natural gas for their energy. Fossil fuels are nonrenewable, that is, they draw on finite resources that will eventually dwindle, becoming too expensive or too environmentally damaging to retrieve.
Renewable energy sources - Heat/Geothermal
Not all renewable energy resources come from the sun. Geothermal energy taps the Earth's internal heat for a variety of uses, including electric power production, and the heating and cooling of buildings. And the energy of the ocean's tides comes from the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun upon the Earth.
Facts about Renewable energy
Renewable Energy sources can reduce: Air pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, Health risk for humans & can extend natural resources for our children
Renewable energy sources -Sun/Solar
Sunlight is Earth's primary source of energy. Most renewable energy comes either directly or indirectly from the sun. Sunlight, or solar energy, can be used directly for heating and lighting homes and other buildings, for generating electricity, and for hot water heating, solar cooling, and a variety of commercial and industrial uses.
Renewable energy sources - Waves/Ocean
The ocean can produce thermal energy from the sun's heat and mechanical energy from the tides and waves. BSB conducts research in ocean thermal energy or ocean mechanical energy, gives advice.
Renewable energy sources - Wind
The sun's heat also drives the winds, whose energy is captured with wind power Then, the winds and the sun's heat cause water to evaporate. When this water vapor turns into rain or snow and flows downhill into rivers or streams, its energy can be captured using hydropower.
Non-renewable energy sources
fossil fuels as coal, oil and natural gas as well as nuclear fuels - limited supply will run out and have negative environmental impacts
Alternate to Fossil Fuels
produced and recovered without negative effects on the environment as Solar, Wind power, Geothermal, Tides and waves, Biomass, Fuel cells .
Renewable energy sources
sun, wind, waves, heat, hydropower and biomass that can be used again and again and is cleanest energy sources. Renewable energy resources are constantly replenished and will never run out.
