Green power

Green power is a subset of renewable energy and represents those renewable energy resources and
technologies that provide the highest environmental benefit. The market defines green power as
Solar energy ielectricity produced from solar, wind, geothermal, biogas, eligible biomass, and low-
impact small hydroelectric sources. Customers often buy green power for its zero emissions profile
and carbon footprint reduction benefits.
Renewable energy includes resources that rely on fuel sources that restore themselves over short
periods of time and do not diminish. Such fuel sources include the sun, wind, moving water, organic
plant and waste material (eligible biomass), and the earth's heat (geothermal). Although the impacts
are small, some renewable energy technologies can have an impact on the environment. For Solar
energy iexample, large hydroelectric resources can have environmental trade-offs on such issues as
fisheries and land use.
Conventional power includes the combustion of fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and oil) and the
nuclear fission of uranium. Fossil fuels have environmental costs from mining, drilling, or
extraction, and emit greenhouse gases and air pollution during combustion. Although nuclear power
generation emits no greenhouse gases during power generation, it does require mining, extraction,
and long-term radioactive waste storage.

Benefits of Using Green Power

Conventional electricity can be a significant source of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
Switching to green power can help improve the environmental profile of your electricity use, while
also providing other valuable benefits. Using green power helps to:
• Support renewable energy development (either directly or indirectly)
• Reduce the carbon footprint associated with your purchased electricity
• Hedge against future electricity price increases and volatility (certain products)

For organizational users, green power can:

• Serve as a brand differentiator
• Solar energy iGenerate customer, investor, or stakeholder loyalty and employee pride
• Create positive publicity and enhance your organization's public image
• Demonstrate civic leadership
Different Types of Green Power
If the human race is to survive, we’re eventually going to have to switch over to completely
renewable energy. At the moment, most of our energy comes from natural gases, coal and oil based
energy sources. These energy sources are both dirty and unsustainable.
What other alternatives do we have? These are the five main different types of green energy.

Hydropower
Hydropower is currently the largest producer of green energy, accounting for over 70% of our
renewable energy production.
The way it works is that special installations are placed underwater, where strong currents of water
will push through a mechanical instrument known as a penstock.
This “push” is then converted into electricity and fed into the energy grid.

Solar PV
Solar energy is another common type of green energy. There are two main types of solar power:
solar power for homes and solar power plants.
Though solar PV has gotten a lot of press in recent years, there are a lot of problems still.
First of all, though the production of energy is more green than oil, the process of creating the
materials solar PV is made of is quite toxic.
Also, to make your money back from the savings of a solar panel may take as long as ten to twenty
years.

Wind Power
Wind energy is a stellar renewable source of power. The key to wind power is to place these energy
generators in high altitude, high wind velocity locations.
The return on wind power is quite substantial. The only downside is that aesthetically they block the
view from just about any angle because of their size.
That said, wind power is more cost-efficient than solar and easier to construct than hydropower.

Geothermal
Geothermal energy isn’t applicable everywhere, but when it is the amount of energy generated can
be very substantial.
Geothermal works by tapping into the earth’s intrinsic heat. It turns that heat energy into power and
uses that as electricity.
In order to use geothBiomass can also include materials produced specifically for the production of
energy (e.g. corn ethanol).
The biomass is burned and the heat energy is turned into electricity. Biomass is a great way of
disposing of products that might otherwise become waste; but is unlikely to become a primary
producer of our world’s energy needs.
These are our primary sources of renewable energy. Of course, there are many other fringe sources
of energy that are being researched all the time.
However, in order for a renewable energy to truly make sense, it needs to be both scalable and
financially sustainable for investors. For the time being, the five listed above are the main sources
of renewable energy.
ermal, a high-heat underground spot must be identified

Biomass
Biomass is primarily the conversion of manufacturing by-products into electricity.

These by-products can include wood chips and fragments, leftover sugar, animal manure and
anything else that’s burnable.
Biomass can also include materials produced specifically for the production of energy (e.g. corn
ethanol).
The biomass is burned and the heat energy is turned into electricity. Biomass is a great way of
disposing of products that might otherwise become waste; but is unlikely to become a primary
producer of our world’s energy needs.
These are our primary sources of renewable energy. Of course, there are many other fringe sources
of energy that are being researched all the time.
However, in order for a renewable energy to truly make sense, it needs to be both scalable and
financially sustainable for investors. For the time being, the five listed above are the main sources
of renewable energy.
Advantage of green power

1. Reliability
Renewable energy sources like wind and solar can actually help to build a more reliable and
resilient power mix. Additionally, renewable energy systems tend to be less likely to experience
large-scale failure because they are distributed (spread out over a large geographical area) and
modular (made up of multiple units of equipment). That means problems in one geographical area,
like severe weather, or problems with one piece of equipment may not have as much of an impact
when it comes to disrupting service to an entire region.

2. Job Creation
The growing interest in alternative energy has contributed to job growth in the renewable energy
industry. According to a report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), 500,000
new renewable energy jobs were added in 2017, a steady increase from the previous year.
3. Improvements in Public Health
Air and water pollution can affect overall air quality. Replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy
sources helps reduce harmful emissions to improve air and water quality, which can improve public
health and lower overall healthcare costs.

4. Economic Benefits
Some local governments collect taxes from renewable energy projects, which can be used to
improve public services. New jobs directly created in the renewable energy industry create a ripple
effect that benefits other related industries and even entire communities.

5. Energy Independence
Because most renewable energy sources (like wind, sunlight, and water) don’t need to be imported,
using green energy helps reduce our nation’s dependence on foreign imports, like oil.

6. Abundant Supply
Renewable energy is replenished naturally and relatively quickly. Alternative energy sources such
as wind, water, sunlight, and geothermal heat could potentially supply the entire country’s energy
needs with surplus. And unlike our finite supply of fossil fuels, renewable energy sources are nearly
inexhaustible.