The energy that we use every day has a big impact on the environment. Non-renewable fossil fuels like coal and oil cause air pollution, acid rain, and contribute to global warming. The effects of these pollutants are felt worldwide and in our everyday lives. Renewable energy is important because it can be used indefinitely without any negative consequences for people or the planet. This blog post will help you better understand what renewable energy is and how it can benefit you!

Solar energy

Solar energy is the most common form of renewable energy. Solar panels are visible across many homes and businesses around the world, continuously collecting sunlight to create electricity for their owners’ use or sale back to utility companies. Solar power works by converting light into electrical current using solar cells (photovoltaics), which can be used in a variety of applications such as generating heat or powering appliances directly. The amount of solar radiation that reaches Earth’s surface decreases rapidly with increasing latitude because atmospheric aerosols act as an umbrella, reducing incoming radiative fluxes from the sun at latitudes above 40° north and below 40° south where they accumulate preferentially during wintertime.

Wind

Wind power is the process of using air flow through wind turbines to mechanically power generators for electricity. Wind-powered generators can be placed in any location with a steady supply of moving air and are often located on land or offshore. The amount of energy that they produce depends directly on the speed of the wind, so as the winds become faster, more power is produced by existing turbines and larger new ones since each unit produces less relative power at higher speeds.

As stated above, renewable energy sources are naturally replenished over time which makes them environmentally friendly compared to non-renewable sources such as fossil fuels or nuclear fission materials because every time we use these resources it reduces how much remains while increasing pollution levels around us.

Hydroelectric

Hydroelectric is produced by turbines that harness the kinetic power of moving water.

The renewable energy sources above such as wind and solar are only available for use on a large scale if they can be stored efficiently since it is not possible to easily create more supply quickly when demand rises, however, there are ways we can achieve this using batteries or catalysts which will be discussed later. Other forms of renewables cannot really store any excess energy so their production levels must always match closely with how much electricity needs to be supplied at a given time in order for them to benefit us economically and environmentally without causing problems for other users. The biggest disadvantage of renewable resources like as compared to non-renewable sources like coal and nuclear fission is that because of these restrictions, many renewable technologies must be developed with major limitations.

Biomass

Biomass energy is the use of organic matter as a fuel, which can include wood and agricultural waste. In its original form, biomass was human labor or animal power used to produce heat energy for cooking or washing water. Modern technology has evolved this into carbon-based fuels such as ethanol from corn, biodiesel from soybeans and sugar cane ethanol from sugarcane molasses, biogasoline made from plant material (usually algae), and plastic-based biofuels like PLA made by polymerizing lactic acid produced in the breakdown of crops like corn.

Plastics are derived either wholly or largely from petrochemicals depending upon whether they were synthesized using chemical techniques that do not involve hydrocarbons.

Geothermal

Geothermal energy is thermal energy generated and stored in the Earth. Thermal energy is the heat that determines the temperature of matter. The geothermal gradient, which is the difference in temperature between the core of the planet and its surface, drives a continuous conduction of thermal energy inwards from higher to lower temperatures. As this happens minerals undergo phase transitions creating molten rock at depth under Earth’s crust. This magma can rise through weaknesses where it may be exploited for direct use or electricity generation by means such as dry steam power plants or flash steam power plants. In some places, people are injecting water into hot rocks. This makes more of a reservoir. These reservoirs can produce clean power without much pollution.