Renewable Resources

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The use of resources that are not finite and can be replenished, such as biomass and solar energy, to reduce the environmental impact of chemical processes.

Sustainability: Understanding sustainability and its principles is important when learning about renewable resources. The concept involves using resources in a way that ensures they remain available for future generations.
Energy Sources: Renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal power play a vital role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting sustainability.
Energy Storage: Efficient energy storage is necessary to ensure that renewable energy sources can be utilized effectively.
Biofuels: Renewable, carbon-neutral fuels derived from organic matter such as wood, corn, and other food crops can be used to replace traditional fossil fuels.
Biomass: Biomass is organic material that can be used as a fuel source. It is renewable because the organic material can be replaced.
Green Building: Building structures that are energy-efficient, and sustainable are key to promoting green chemistry.
Waste Management: The proper management of waste, particularly the reduction, reuse, and recycling of materials, is essential to promoting the principles of green chemistry.
Green Chemistry: The design, development, and use of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances are essential to promoting sustainability.
Life Cycle Assessment: Understanding the environmental impacts of products throughout their life cycle is an essential component of sustainability.
Environmental Policy: Environmental policy outlines the laws, regulations, and guidelines that have been put in place to promote sustainability and protect the environment.
Solar energy: Generated from the sun's rays and can be transformed into electricity through the use of solar panels or concentrated solar power (CSP).
Wind energy: Generated by the movement of air over the Earth's surface and can be transformed into electricity by wind turbines.
Hydroelectric power: Generated by the flow of water through large turbines and can be used to generate electricity.
Geothermal energy: Generated by the heat from the Earth and can be used to produce electricity through geothermal power plants.
Biomass: Organic matter that can be converted to energy through combustion, gasification, or fermentation.
Biofuels: Liquid fuels made from plant materials or animal waste, such as ethanol, biodiesel, or biogas.
Hydrogen fuel cells: Electricity is produced by the reaction between hydrogen and oxygen.
Tidal power: Generated from the gravitational pull of the moon and sun on the Earth's tides and can be used to generate electricity.
Wave energy: Generated by the kinetic energy of waves and can be converted to electricity through wave power devices.
Ocean thermal energy: Generated by the temperature difference between warm surface water and cold deep water and can be used to generate electricity.
- "Renewable resources include sunlight, wind, the movement of water, and geothermal heat."
- "Although most renewable energy sources are sustainable, some are not."
- "Renewable energy is often used for electricity generation, heating and cooling."
- "Renewable energy projects are typically large-scale, but they are also suited to rural and remote areas and developing countries."
- "From 2011 to 2021, renewable energy grew from 20% to 28% of global electricity supply."
- "Use of fossil energy shrank from 68% to 62%, and nuclear from 12% to 10%."
- "Power from sun and wind increased from 2% to 10%."
- "The share of hydropower decreased from 16% to 15%."
- "There are 3,146 gigawatts installed in 135 countries."
- "156 countries have laws regulating the renewable energy sector."
- "In 2021, China accounted for almost half of the global increase in renewable electricity."
- "Globally there are over 10 million jobs associated with the renewable energy industries."
- "Solar photovoltaics being the largest renewable employer."
- "Renewable energy systems are rapidly becoming more efficient and cheaper."
- "A large majority of worldwide newly installed electricity capacity being renewable."
- "Many nations around the world already have renewable energy contributing more than 20% of their total energy supply."
- "Some studies have shown that a global transition to 100% renewable energy across all sectors – power, heat, transport, and industry – is feasible and economically viable."
- "Deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies is resulting in significant energy security, climate change mitigation, and economic benefits."
- "Renewables are being hindered by hundreds of billions of dollars of fossil fuel subsidies."
- "In international public opinion surveys, there is strong support for renewables such as solar power and wind power."