ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF RENEWABLE ENERGY
Climate change and sustainability have become hot topics. Over the past few years, there has been a major push toward renewable energy. In this post, we’d like to explore the advantages and disadvantages of renewable energy.
RENEWABLE ENERGY ADVANTAGES
- These energies never run out. Renewable energy technologies use resources straight from the environment to make power. So, this makes them sustainable and ever-lasting natural resources.
- Saves maintenance and operating costs. Renewable energy facilities generally need less work to keep them running than traditional generators,
like fuel-powered engines. When you’re using a technology that generates power from the sun, wind, steam, or natural processes,
there is no need to refuel.
- They don’t damage our planet. Renewable energy produces little or no waste products, and doesn’t add to global warming. This means an overall positive impact on the natural environment.
- More money for many country areas. Most renewable energy projects are located in the country – far away from the big
cities. (See our post on Solar for Farming). Therefore, some poor country areas can earn money by making power.
DISADVANTAGES OF RENEWABLE ENERGY
Renewable energy has many benefits. However, have you ever wondered what can be disadvantages of using renewable resources? Here are some disadvantages to using renewables over traditional fossil fuel energy sources.
- They don’t make enough energy. It’s difficult to make the amount of energy as traditional forms of energy generation like fossil fuels. Therefore, we need to reduce the amount of energy we use. Otherwise, we will need to build more energy plants. Overall, this also shows that the best way to solve our energy problems may be to use many different power sources.
- Bad weather can hurt the energy supply. For example, some days may be windier than others. Also, the sun doesn’t shine at night. Finally, droughts may occur for periods of time. There can be harsh weather events that disrupt these technologies. When these resources are unavailable then there is no way to make energy.
- Needs a huge amount of money to start. The current cost of renewable energy technology is also far more than is needed for traditional fossil fuel power. However, it is important to know that new technology is making renewable energy cheaper. It’s just not there quite yet.
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