Benefits and alternative resources to fossil fuels

One major advantage with the use of renewable energy is that as it is renewable it is therefore sustainable and so will never run out.

Renewable energy facilities generally require less maintenance than traditional generators. Their fuel being derived from natural and available resources reduces the costs of operation.

Even more importantly, renewable energy produces little or no waste products such as carbon dioxide or other chemical pollutants, so has minimal impact on the environment.

Renewable energy projects can also bring economic benefits to many regional areas, as most projects are located away from large urban centres and suburbs of the capital cities. These economic benefits may be from the increased use of local services as well as tourism whic can help improve local economy's. 

Solar: is a great resource for engery as is an easy resource that the earth provides without causing harmful damages to our planet, it is essentially eco friendly 

The major disadvantages of solar energy are:

• our inability to control or predict how much solar energy arrives on the earth's surface at any place and,
• our technology to date requires that a large surface is required for collection of useful amounts of solar energy.

Hydroelectric: Hydropower is fueled by water, so it's a clean fuel source, meaning it won't pollute the air like power plants that burn fossil fuels, such as coal or natural gas. Hydroelectric power is a domestic source of energy, allowing each state to produce their own energy without being reliant on international fuel sources.

The major disadvantages of hydroelectric Energy: 

Like all power plants, hydroelectric plants are very expensive to build, and must be built to a very high standard. The high cost means that plants must operate for a long time to become profitable. The creation of dams can also create flooding of land, which means natural envrionment and the natural habitat of animals, and even people, may be destroyed.

Sources: http://www.solarschools.net/resources/stuff/solar_energy.aspx

https://www.energy.gov/eere/water/benefits-hydropower

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~dama0023/hydroelectric.html