A Review of Renewable Energy Resources: Current Status and Their Enabling Technology

Rahul Agrawal, Khagendra Kushwaha, Govind Patel

Abstract


The increase in rapid industrialization for different development programs have created energy crisis for many developing countries. If this increase in demand will rely upon Coal based thermal power plants, it results in environment pollution and high cost of generation. So the best alternate solution is to develop plants based on renewable sources of energy in the country. The potential for renewable energy resources is enormous because they can, in principle, exponentially exceed the world's energy demand; therefore, these types of resources will have a significant share in the future global energy portfolio. The Renewable sources of energy include Energy from Biomass, Geothermal Energy, Hydro power energy, wind Energy and Solar Energy. Biomass can be explained as all organic material originating from plants, trees and crops, and is essentially the collection and storage of the sun's energy through photosynthesis. Geothermal energy is the energy contained as heat in the Earth’s interior and considered as a cost effective, reliable, and environmentally friendly energy source. Hydropower is based on a simple process taking the advantage of the kinetic energy freed by the falling water and a source of clean energy and its generation is not linked to issues concerning fuel supply, especially the price volatility of imported fuels. Solar energy is radiant light and heat from the Sun harnessed using a range of ever-evolving technologies such as solar heating, photovoltaics’, solar thermal energy, solar architecture and artificial photosynthesis. This paper presents current scenario, scientific developments and deployment of Renewable sources of Energy.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/jpnc.v1i2.258

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