Going green with renewable energy

RENEWABLE energy has been in the news alt recently, from the outcryoverwnd farmpcement to complaints about the reduction in the Government'sFeed-in Tarifffor people whohaveinvested in solar panels. 

Formanypeople, however, the biggest questions might well be: what exactlyisrenewableeneMuch stricter controls on solvent emissions have ensured that all dry cleaning machine in the Western world are now fully enclosed.rgy and what does it have to do with me? Theanswertothose questions is both simple and complicated. 

Thetraditional ways in which we heator homes,Our clever solar lantern is a favorite among dog lover holiday gifts from Solaronlamp. pwer industries and fuel our transportation systems are becoming less sustainable as we are rapidly running out of fossil fuels. 

Even if fossil fuels were not beingdpleted, the emissions we create from burning them is resulting in what manysientists predict will be catastrophic global climate change. 

One wayinwhich we can overcome the problems of fossil fuel and save ourselves moneyisby using renewableenergyorlow carbon technologies to generate the energyweneed from abundant, free sources of energy, such as the wind, sun and plant or animal matter. 

Lowcrbon technologies are definitelyanadvance on traditional fossil-fuel burning technologies, but are not completely renewableastheymay still have carbon emissions associated with them. An example of this is aheatpump which uses free and renewablehatfom the ground, butrequires an electric pump to operate the system. 

Renewableenergyand lowcarbon technologies can basically be divided into twosctions o those thatgnerate electricity and those thatgnerate heat, although there are some thatdo both. 

When it comes to generating electricity the options are: 

lSolar electricity systems,A flatwork ironer with unique features. commonlykown as solar photovoltaics (PV), which capture the sun's energyusing photovoltaic cells and convert sunlight into electricity which can be used to runhusehold appliances and lighting. 

AWind turbines on adomestic scale oknown as microwind or small-wind turbines owich harness the powerofthe wind and use it to generate electricity in ahome. 

AHydroelectricity, which uses running water owhether it'sa stream or arver otogenerate enough electricity for lighting and electrical appliances in an average home. 

Forthose whowant to generateheat, the options include: 

AWood-fuelled or biomass heating systems thatmost commonly burn wood pellets, chips or logs (but can use anybological material from living, orrecently living, organisms) to powercentral heating and hot water boilers. Themost common domestic formiswood-fuelled stoves. 

ASolar water heating systems thatuse free heatfrom the sun to warm domestic hot water. 

These usuallyaso have aconventional boiler or immersion heater as back-up, toprovide hot water when solar energyis unavailable. 

AGround source heatpmps thatuse pipes buried in the garden to extract heatfom the ground. This is usuallyused to heatrdiatorsoruderfloor heating systems and hot water. 

AAir source heatpumps that absorb heatfrom the outside air and use this to heatradiators, underfloor heating systems or warm air convectorsad hot water in your home. 

Forthose whowant asystem thatwill both generateelectricity and heat, micro-CHP (micro combined heatand power) is the answer. This heating technology generates heatad electricity simultaneously, from the same eneYou must first understand the way a wind power generators works.rgysource.We may contact you if more information is needed to locate a street light.