Green Technology and Renewable Energy
Tutorials/exercises - 1 pages - Ecology & environment
As a reminder, at least two renewable energy sources, solar energy and wind power, could together meet the global energy demand. To be noted, technical limits of renewable energy are based on the power densities of the technologies (i.e. energy...
Renewable Energy Sources in the United Kingdom
Course material - 3 pages - Ecology & environment
Carbon dioxide has some negative effects which include the greenhouse effect, which creates a ground-level ozone layer that prevents the earth from cooling, hence adverse temperatures. Also, it causes climate change and due to the earth overheating, the water levels in the oceans have increased,...
Should the United States consider increasing their use of renewable energy or not?
Essay - 2 pages - Ecology & environment
The United States (U.S) use both renewable and non-renewable energy. According to Gielen, Saygin & Wagner (2015), in 2015, United States Energy consumption were:Coal-33%, Natural Gas-33%, Nuclear-20%, Hydropower-6%, Other renewables-7%, Biomass-1.6%,...
Renewable Energy and the Hotel Industry: A Perfect Fit?
Case study - 27 pages - Psychology
Renewable energy is one of the fastest growing sectors in today's energy market. Energy from solar, wind, hydro power, tidal energy and biomass sources is being harnessed to provide energy that is both environmentally friendly and secure from the...
Renewable Energy Resources
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
The use of renewable energy sources is one of biggest arguments of the twenty first century. On the one side there the supporters of use of this energy for numerous reasons while n the other hand there are those opposed to the ideology. It is a controversial topic with each...
Renewable energy: case study
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
There are two main types of energy in the world. The first one is renewable energy, and the other is non-renewable energy. All the forms of energy used are classified in either of the two categories. Non renewable energy is the type of...
Tax reform meets renewable energy solutions
Essay - 1 pages - Journalism
Yesterday, the House introduced H.R. 6049 the Energy Tax Extenders Act also known as the Job Creation Act. The bill serves to reinstate tax incentives for American-produced renewable energy sources which are critical to creating more jobs with a focus on renewable...
Renewable energy: Achievements and potentials
Thesis - 3 pages - Physics
The potential of non-conventional energy sources is enormous as they can in principle meet many times the world's energy demand. Renewable energy (non-conventional) sources such as small hydro power, biomass, wind, solar, and geothermal can provide sustainable...
America's Dangerous Dependence on Non-renewable Energy and the Possible Solutions
Essay - 3 pages - Ecology & environment
In the U.S. we rely more on the burning of fossil fuels more than any other country. Retrieving such forms of fuel can be extremely detrimental to the land and animals that surround the site. Drilling for oil is one particular way that fuel is obtained that has caused severe damage to all types...
How could international law support a transition to renewable sources of energy?
Essay - 4 pages - International law
Climate change is an international issue. Indeed, no matter how much greenhouse gases emissions decrease in Europe, if the world does not act collectively climate change and its consequences will continue. But climate change is not only an international topic, it intersects with many...
Can France abandon nuclear power in favor of renewables?
Case study - 12 pages - Ecology & environment
From a social, economic and political point of view, the subject of energy transition is more relevant than ever in France. Indeed, the energy transition aimed at reducing the consumption of fossil fuels, fighting against global warming and promoting renewable energies are...
Market Study on Sustainable Energy Solutions: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities
Market study - 2 pages - Green marketing
The existential threat climate change poses to our global ecosystem has never carried greater immediacy or necessity for sustainable energy solutions. This research will critically look into the sustainable energy market, revealing primary trends signaling a paradigm change in the...
Crowdfunding for sustainable energy projects: the criteria of selection by platform managers and competition between investors
Thesis - 25 pages - Finance
Despite the contributions of research on the crowdfunding phenomenon, there is a lack of knowledge on the link between crowdfunding and sustainability and renewable energies in particular and also a lack of understanding from the point of view of investors and managers of crowdfunding...
The United States and the World: demography and energy in the world as predictable long-term factors
Course material - 11 pages - World geography
The current policy, and even more the future policy of any country is difficult to assess, because it depends on a lot of factors, many of them (public moods, politics, personalities) being of a transient nature. But the current and future policy of any country also depends largely on long-term...
Alternative sources of energy: a detailed presentation about the why, how and when
Presentation - 13 pages - Ecology & environment
This document is a PowerPoint presentation about alternative sources of energy: what are they exactly, why do we need them, how do we find or create them? What is the future of alternative sources of energy?
Porter's Five Forces - Areva, the French nuclear energy operator
Thesis - 4 pages - Business strategy
As a world leader in its sector, and the flagship company of the French nuclear power industry, Areva must defend certain commitments that allow it to remain competitive. However, it must also preserve its public image in the sensitive field of nuclear energy. It is also led, like most...
Non conventional energy
Thesis - 5 pages - Physics
The sun, wind, water & bio-mass are either Perennial or renewable sources of energy. Any or more of these sources are available in almost each part of the country. These available sources can be utilized effectively for useful purpose through technological means. Bio-mass is...
Wind-energy and TransAlta Wind
Thesis - 6 pages - Business strategy
Canada was one of the first countries to sign the Kyoto Protocol, on April 29, 1998. Formal ratification came more than four years later, on Dec. 17, 2002. But Canada's continued participation in Kyoto seemed certain to end with the election of a minority Conservative government in January of...
Reliable distributed generation: Key issues, challenges and roles in the Indian energy sector
Thesis - 4 pages - Journalism
In this paper the traditional approach in electric power generation is to have centralized plants distributing electricity through an extensive transmission & distribution network. Distributed generation (DG) provides electric power at a site closer to the customer, eliminating the unnecessary...
Alternative energy
Essay - 6 pages - Ecology & environment
This article explains the importance of the alternate energy. The traditional energy which we are using is not going to be adequate for our future needs and that too it reached its peak. Apart from its inadequate supply it is also producing enormous amount of pollution which is...
Oil depletion and use of vehicles: what are the alternative energies?
Essay - 13 pages - Journalism
In our modern society, oil is omnipresent in our habits and plays a significant role. It has several stakes in economical, political and strategic fields. Indeed oil is considered as the best energy source because it is easily extracted, stocked and transformed. Moreover, its energy...
Energy choices in Europe: the case of electricity
Essay - 14 pages - Economy general
Energy is a vital element for the economy as a whole as every sector demands its usage constantly. It is not an end-product by itself, but a pre-requisite for most of the economic activities. A sudden increase in energy prices or a disruption of supply can entail heavy economic...
Prospects for green energy sources
Essay - 6 pages - Ecology & environment
Global warming has increasingly become an all-encompassing issue in both the media's and public opinion. It is only logical then that more and more attention is being paid to alternative energy sources which may have the capacity to not only provide a more environmentally friendly way of...
Non conventional energy sources: Future necessity
Thesis - 6 pages - Ecology & environment
Energy is the primary and most universal measure of all kinds of work by human beings and nature. Energy is also defined as the ability or the capacity to do work. We use energy to do work and make all movements. When we eat, our body transforms the food into energy to...
Should Bulgaria concentrate on nuclear power as its main future energy source?
Thesis - 6 pages - Economy general
Bulgaria has been using commercial nuclear energy since 1974. 35 per cent of the electricity in the country is generated by two nuclear reactors. The Government plans the construction of a new nuclear plant in order the energy needs of the country to be met. This raises the...
The hunt for alternative sources of energy
Tutorials/exercises - 7 pages - Ecology & environment
In the past century, it has been seen that the consumption of non-renewable sources of energy has caused more environmental damage than any other human activity. Electricity generated from fossil fuels such as coal and crude oil has led to high concentrations of harmful gases in the...
Energy Marketing
Case study - 6 pages - Services marketing
Marketing is a discipline of management that seeks to determine the offers of goods, services or ideas based on attitudes and the motivation of consumers , the public or society in general. In this paper. We will be studying the marketing of energy . The first question we must ask...
Non-conventional energy sources
Presentation - 37 pages - Ecology & environment
This presentation talks about non conventional energy sources. First of all the presentation gives a clear definition about energy and different forms of energy. It then moves on to the explanation of different forms of non-conventional energy forms explained one by...
Wind energy integration in power systems
Thesis - 4 pages - Journalism
Grid connection of wind energy sources is essential if they are to be effectively exploited, but grid connection brings a number of problems. In the paper, Distributed Generation and Wind Power integration problems are discussed. Many early wind turbines utilized a squirrel-cage or...
How Can Suppliers Be Convinced to Join the Green Electricity Label?
Essay - 2 pages - Green marketing
Before everything, it seems important to understand what are the motivations and concerns of suppliers. Indeed, those suppliers want to show and also promote their commitment to sustainability, while attracting new eco-friendly customers. This willingness can be explained by the fact that...
