| With ever growing concerns around climate change | | | | many types of water energy around, such as: |
| and the need to safeguard future energy resources | | | | hydroelectric, tidal and wave to name a few. |
| many companies are devoting their time, money and | | | | Solar: This refers to the energy that is collected from |
| resource to develop renewable energy over the | | | | sunlight via specialised constructed panels. Solar panels |
| forthcoming years. | | | | work very well in countries that enjoy considerable |
| Types of renewable energy currently available: | | | | amount of sun on a daily basis. |
| There are numerous sources of renewable energy | | | | Wastewater: Energy can be acquired directly from |
| around today, including; wind, water, solar, wastewater | | | | sewage water, and even from a select number of |
| and bio fuel. Each produce power differently, and each | | | | aquatic plants. |
| has their own positives and negatives. | | | | Bio fuel has been an ever growing source of energy |
| Wind: Airflows can be used to run wind turbines, which | | | | over the past couple of years and can be obtained |
| when spinning can generate a significant amount of | | | | from biological material. There are various types of bio |
| power. The main issues with wind energy are that | | | | fuel such as liquid bio fuel, solid bio fuel and biogas. |
| they need a considerable amount of space to operate, | | | | Wind power is currently the most economically viable |
| and require a constant source of wind in order to | | | | and scalable renewable energy source. As a result, |
| supply demand. | | | | many offshore wind farms are being built throughout |
| Water: Energy in water can be harnessed and used. | | | | the UK. This will mean that the amount of business |
| Since water is about 800 times denser than air even a | | | | electricity that is produced from renewable energy will |
| slow flowing stream of water, or moderate sea swell, | | | | likely to rise over the next five years. |
| can yield considerable amounts of energy. There are | | | | |