Tag: challenges
What’s the biggest challenge facing renewable energy sources?
Category: Basic, Profession, Renewable, Solar, Storage, WindAuthor : Admin September 3, 2016
Until a few years back, one of the biggest challenges facing renewable energy sources was their cost of generation. Now, however, with the cost of solar power dropping fast, and the cost of fossil bas...Read more
Are biofuels really good for the environment?
Category: Agriculture, Biofuels, Climate Change, Moderate, ProfessionAuthor : Admin August 30, 2016
Biofuels are fuels we get from plants. Thus they are fuels derived from renewable sources. They can replace the polluting diesel (through biodiesel) and gasoline (through ethanol) and play a signific...Read more
What types of solid waste pose significant disposal challenges?
Category: Advanced, Management, Profession, Solid WasteAuthor : Admin August 28, 2016
It is fairly obvious that most urban centers are drowning in garbage and struggling to find ways to get over the solid waste disposal problem. We can say that there are two specific types of challeng...Read more
What is concentrating solar power? Why is it not as popular as solar photovoltaic (PV)?
Category: Advanced, CPV, Profession, PV, ThermalAuthor : Admin August 28, 2016
We all have heard about solar power. And now comes concentrating solar power. What exactly is concentrating solar power? Concentrating solar power is just that – it concentrates sunlight onto a...Read more
Are large hydro power projects environment friendly?
Category: Advanced, Hydro, Profession, RenewableAuthor : Admin August 26, 2016
Large hydro projects represent an important source of renewable energy. Some of the large hydro projects are in excess of 500 MW capacity and with very good capacity utilization factors, providing a ...Read more
Can the entire world run on solar power alone?
Category: Basic, Profession, Renewable, Solar, StorageAuthor : Admin August 25, 2016
Image credit: Inhabitat Half the news reports we read today seem to be about solar power. It is as if the entire world will soon be running on solar power. Well, that kind of pops up the question: Ca...Read more
Is nuclear energy a clean source of energy?
Category: Management, Moderate, ProfessionAuthor : Admin July 28, 2016
Nuclear energy. Some love it. Many more don’t seem to. Love it, hate it, but let us ask ourselves a different question: Is nuclear energy a clean source of energy? Yes. Yes? Yes. If “cl...Read more
Why is not all waste worldwide turned into energy?
Category: Agro Waste, Moderate, Profession, Waste to EnergyAuthor : Admin June 28, 2016
Municipal authorities in many countries incinerate and convert into energy a part of the solid waste that you throw from your house, or waste generated from industries. But not all waste generated fro...Read more