Green light for alternative energy
No-one on the planet today can fail to be aware of world's critical climate control issue and the vital need for Alternative energy.
Governments throughout the world have set targets for reducing the world's carbon emissions so it is imperative that we use forms of energy that do not produce harmful CO2 emissions.
The UK Government has set a target to reduce emissions by 34 per cent by 2020 and the Scottish Government's target is 42 per cent.
Accordingly, a programme of alternative energy sources has begun in line with other countries. The total value globally of new wind power installed in 2006 was £12billion and the industry is growing at 30 per cent or more annually.
But it is a complex issue and opinions differ about the effectiveness of alternative systems such as wind, wave and tidal power, hydroelectric, solar power, nuclear power, geothermal and biomass.
Experts believe that wave and tidal power combined could meet 12.5 per cent of today's electricity demand by 2025 and that wind, wave and tidal power could produce more than twice as much electricity than the new nuclear reactors currently being debated.
Nearly all of the power we use today comes from large power stations burning coal, oil, natural gas or uranium, but when we burn fossil fuel, we release chemical energy which creates harmful emissions.
Clearly, we have to save the planet from burning up and it's now not a question of if we should use Alternative energy, but how and when.
Alternative energy - http://www.renewableenergyfocus.com
Governments throughout the world have set targets for reducing the world's carbon emissions so it is imperative that we use forms of energy that do not produce harmful CO2 emissions.
The UK Government has set a target to reduce emissions by 34 per cent by 2020 and the Scottish Government's target is 42 per cent.
Accordingly, a programme of alternative energy sources has begun in line with other countries. The total value globally of new wind power installed in 2006 was £12billion and the industry is growing at 30 per cent or more annually.
But it is a complex issue and opinions differ about the effectiveness of alternative systems such as wind, wave and tidal power, hydroelectric, solar power, nuclear power, geothermal and biomass.
Experts believe that wave and tidal power combined could meet 12.5 per cent of today's electricity demand by 2025 and that wind, wave and tidal power could produce more than twice as much electricity than the new nuclear reactors currently being debated.
Nearly all of the power we use today comes from large power stations burning coal, oil, natural gas or uranium, but when we burn fossil fuel, we release chemical energy which creates harmful emissions.
Clearly, we have to save the planet from burning up and it's now not a question of if we should use Alternative energy, but how and when.
Alternative energy - http://www.renewableenergyfocus.com
