Energy Sources

Energy Sources

Renewables

They are inexhaustible sources of energy or they can be replaced in the short to medium term, either spontaneously or by human intervention.

These energy sources are already fairly widespread throughout the world, its importance is increasing and today represent a significant portion of global energy production.

1. Energy Water

Is obtained from a stream and can be exploited by this unevenness.

2. Wind Energy

Wind comes in antiquity and was used to things like moving the blades of windmills to drive the boat, usually one of the biggest bets on the expansion of renewable energy.

3. Solar Energy

It comes from sunlight, after being captured this energy can be transformed into two types of energy, electricity and heat.

4. Geothermal Energy

Comes from the waste heat from inside the earth, you can also transform into electricity or heat energy.

5. Maritime Power

It is obtained through the movement of rise and fall of sea water. The movement of water in the world's oceans creates a large store of kinetic energy or energy in motion. This energy can be used to generate electricity to feed homes, transport and industry.

The term encompasses both marine energy wave energy - the energy of surface waves and tidal power - obtained from the kinetic energy of large bodies of water in motion. Wind energy is often mistaken as a form of marine energy, but is actually derived from the wind, although wind turbines are placed on water.

The oceans have an enormous amount of energy and are very close to many, if not most, of the concentrations of population. Enough research shows that ocean energy has the potential to provide a substantial amount of new renewable energy worldwide.

6. Energy Wave

It consists of the wave motion of water masses by the wind effect and can be harnessed to generate electricity.

7. Energy Biomass

Biomass is the energy use of forest or waste and residues from agriculture, food industry or the result of the treatment plants or industrial waste waters from these wastes can produce biogas and biodiesel.

Nonrenewable energy sources

At present non-renewable energy sources are covering most of the world's energy demand, are also the most advanced in technology of extraction or production is concerned, but often cause great environmental impact.

Today also begins to appear a tendency investment on cleaner and renewable energy careful environmental trying to leave behind non-renewable energy.

1. Coal

It is a fossil fuel extracted by mineral exploration and was first used on a large scale, also estimated that boasts one of the largest reserves (over 160 years), being present in over 70 countries, supplies 25% of the primary energy consumed in the world, second only to oil.

It is quite polluting in terms

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