The Advantages and Disadvantages of Renewable Energy

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Renewable Energy

Wind:
A positive side to wind turbines is that there facilities require less maintenance than generators that rely on fossil fuel. Even more importantly, renewable energy produces little or no waste products such as carbon dioxide or other chemical pollutants. Some of the negatives include the strength of the wind is not always constant so wind turbines do not produce the same amount of electricity all the time. There will be some times when they produce no electricity at all. Also Wind turbines can be noisy and disturbing people in the country where there is the best supply of wind.
Hydroelectric:
Hydropower is fueled by water, so it's a clean source of electricity. Hydropower also relies on the water cycle, which is driven by the sun, thus it's a renewable power source.Hydropower plants can be impacted by drought. When water is not available, the hydropower plants can't produce electricity. Hydroelectric can impact water quality and flow.
Biomass:
Biomass is always available and can be produced as a renewable resource.Growing Biomass crops produce oxygen and use up carbon dioxide that's already in the atmosphere from fossil fuels.The use of waste materials as biomass reduce landfill disposal and makes more space for everything else.
Nuclear:
This technology is Already available, it does not have to be developed first. It is possible to generate a high amount of electrical energy in one single plant. The downsides include finding uranium which is rare. Also if there was a meltdown it would would be devastating to the surrounding areas rendering them radioactive for the next 100 years.
Solar:
Solar is by far the best environmental choice for it has no repercussions to the environment all it does is just harness the suns energy. Also it does not require anything to get started like wind turbines which need a little bit of energy to start. The only downside are that it does not produce as much energy as some of the other methods. They also need lots of land because to be effective there must be many of them collecting energy.