Authors
Toiyeu Vietnam
Abstract
The resources for the production of electricity are very important as they provide electricity in homes, building, school and industries. This electricity is also used in the every field such as agriculture, in factories and so on. In previous years, conventional methods i.e., fossil fuel and natural gases are used as the energy production. But these resources are limited now due to the continuous use of these can make the earth fuel less and these resources pollute the environment by the emission of greenhouse gases. The alternative of these conventional resource, renewable resources such as wind energy, hydropower energy, solar energy and biogas energy are used which are clean energy because they reduce the greenhouse gases effect and develop the sustainability. In spite of these advantages, these renewable energy resources have some effects on the environment. This review paper discuss about these renewable energy resources and the advantages. It also discuss about their impacts on the environment. Keywords: Resources, Greenhouse Gases, Sustainability
Introduction
In the world, various countries are rich with the energy resources. These energy resources can be present in different ways. Due to the availability of energy resources, the nation has a good wealth status. According to the energy resources, the living standards are vary from country to country. There are some countries which are rich in energy resources such as Norway has high social development with high Human Development Index (HDI) due to presence of large amount of oil. In the same way United State of America (USA) and Nigeria are also rich in oil (Didenko and Skripnuk, 2014).
In the recent time, most of the energy generation is done by the non-renewable sources that may be vanished at any time. So, there is a need to develop an alternative resources to avoid power disaster before facing critical situation. Renewable source is also called alternative energy source. It is the best solution for removing the power crises problem. Renewable energy sources contribute only 15% out the total energy generation at present in the world. Renewable resources are those sources that are able to produce energy again and again. These renewable resources include solar, wind geothermal, hydropower, biomass and marine energy. These resources are clean and exhaust able energy resources (Shahabuddin et al., 2016)
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