Renewable Energy: This Source of energy is Gaining Ground

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Renewable energy technologies are frequently criticized for being intermittent or unsightly. In spite of this the market is growing for many forms of renewable energy. Wind power is growing at the rate of 30 percent annually. Wind power is widely used in several European countries and the United States.

The majority of renewable energy technologies are directly or indirectly powered by the sun. The hydrosphere (water) absorbs a major fraction of the incoming radiation. Most radiation is absorbed at low latitudes around the equator; however this energy is dissipated around the earth as wind and ocean currents.

Wave motion may play some role in the process of transferring mechanical energy between the atmosphere and the ocean. Solar energy from the atmosphere is partly responsible for the distribution of precipitation which is tapped by hydroelectric projects, and for the growth of plants used to create biofuels.

Renewable energy is energy generated from the world’s natural resources. Renewable resources are things such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides and geothermal heat. Such resources are renewable (naturally replenished).

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