Renewable energy resources commonly used for applications include solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass.

1. APPLICATIONS
OF
RENEWABLE AND
NON-CONVENSTIONAL
ENERGY RESOURCES
-RUSHIKESH ARUN PORATE

2. Energy Resources
• Energy resources can be classified as follows
Energy
According to source According to mode of
Regeneration

3. According to Sources
Conventional energy sources
 fossil fuels
 Coal
 Oil
 Natural Gas
 Timber
Non Conventional energy sources
 Solar energy
 Wind energy
 Hydropower energy
 Atomic energy
 Geothermal energy

4. According To Regeneration Capacity
Non Renewable Sources
 Coal
 Oil
 Gas
 Petroleum
 Nuclear Fuel
Renewable Sources
 Solar Energy
 Wind Energy
 Ocean Energy
 Tidal Energy
 Geothermal Energy
 Biomass Energy

5. Main types of renewable energy
• Solar energy
• Wind energy
• Ocean energy
• Biofuels energy
• Geothermal energy
There are many sources of renewable energy, but all of them,
except geothermal energy, are more or less directly related to
the sun: the main source of clean and sustainable energy for
the earth.

6. SOLAR ENERGY
Methods: Photovoltaic and Solar thermal.
World leaders in PV use:
Germany, USA, Spain
 Solar thermal energy
(STE):
Technology that uses solar
energy to produce thermal
energy, i.e. heat. There are low-
,medium-, and high temperature
solar thermal collectors. This
technique is known as
concentrated
solar power using solar collector
Flat plate collector
Concentrated solar collector
 Photovoltaics (PV):
The application of solar
cells to convert sunlight
directly into electricity.
When PV cells are
assembled, they form a PV
module (or panel). An
installation of panels is
called a PV Array.

7. WIND ENERGY
The energy of wind is harnessed with help of wind turbines. They are usually
grouped in wind farms (sometimes called wind parks).
LOCATIONS:
There are onshore farms (which, however, are often near water);
Near shore farms (on land or on sea with in several km of a coast);
Offshore parks(ten km or more from land).
World leaders in wind energy use:
Germany, USA, Spain, India

8. HYDROPOWER ENERGY
Hydroelectricity is mostly generated in dams. Water is first collected in dams, then let flow
through turbines. A great advantage of this technology is that the amount of energy
produced can be easily adjusted to the level of demand by controlling the outflow of water.
Hydropower supplies some 19% of all electricity in the world. It is generally far cheaper than
fossil fuels or nuclear energy.
However, there are certain problems related to dams, such as high construction and
maintenance costs, the risk of dam breakage. To avoid these complications, damless
hydroelectricity has been created.
 Tidal power technologies convert the energy of tides into electricity.
 Ocean thermal energy conversions by temperature difference of ocean water.
World leaders in hydropower use:
China, Brazil, Canada, USA, India.

9. BIOFUEL ENERGY
 Biomass consists of living or recently dead organisms or other biological material.
 Biomass is used to produce biofuel.
 Biogas is produced by the biological breakdown of organic matter in the absence of
oxygen.
 Biodiesel is a very common biofuel. It is made from oils (extracted from maize, soy,
sunflower, palm fruit and sometimes from animal products) that undergo chemical
processing.
 World leaders in biomass use:
USA, Germany, Brazil.

10. GEOTHERMAL
 This type of energy is obtained by, Tapping the heat of the earth core, which is
mostly in the form of hot water and steam.
 Geothermal power stations are expensive to build but their operating costs are
low.
 A significant advantage is that geothermal energy is not dependent on weather
conditions.
 Geothermal sources account for 19% of Iceland’s electricity production, and
geothermal heating is used in 87% of homes in the country.