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Pengantar
Konsep Dasar Energi
Terbarukan
Pengertian Energi Baru dan Terbarukan(EBT)

 Energi Terbarukan adalah energi yang dapat

diperbarui dan apabila dikelola dengan baik maka
sumber dayanya tidak akan habis.
contoh: Tenaga air, Biomassa, Surya, Angin, Panas
bumi.

 Energi Baru adalah energi yang teknologinya relatif

baru dikembangkan, baik yang berasal dari jenis
energi terbarukan atau yang tidak terbarukan.
contoh : Fuel cell, Energi Samudra
Renewable energy. Energy obtained from natural and
persistent flows of energy occurring in the immediate
environment’. An obvious example is solar (sunshine) energy,
where ‘repetitive’ refers to the 24-hour major period. Note that the
energy is already passing through the environment as a current or
flow, irrespective of there being a device to intercept and harness
this power. Such energy may also be called Green Energy or
Sustainable Energy.

Non-renewable energy. Energy obtained from static stores of

energy that remain underground unless released by human
interaction’. Examples are nuclear fuels and fossil fuels of coal, oil
and natural gas. Note that the energy is initially an isolated energy
potential, and external action is required to initiate the supply of
energy for practical purposes.
To avoid using the ungainly word ‘non-renewable’, such energy
supplies are called finite supplies or Brown Energy.
There are five ultimate primary sources of
useful energy:
1. The Sun.
2. The motion and gravitational potential of the Sun, Moon
and Earth.
3. Geothermal energy from cooling, chemical reactions
and radioactive decay in the Earth.
4. Human-induced nuclear reactions.
5. Chemical reactions from mineral sources.
Energi dan ketersediaannya
Energi  kemampuan untuk melakukan kerja
 bersifat abstrak yg sulit dibuktikan namun dapat
dirasakan keberadaannya

Availability (ketersediaan)
 Kemampuan sistem untuk menghasilkan kerja yang
berguna  lebih realistis, dapat dirasakan manfaatnya dan
dapat dibuat.
 Renewable Energy

Teknologi Konversi Energi terbarukan dapat

dikelompokkan menjadi:

1) MECHANICAL ENERGY CONVERSION

2) SOLAR RADIATION CONVERSION
3) ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION
4) HEAT ENERGY CONVERSION PROCESSES
5) BIOENERGY CONVERSION PROCESSES

Reference
Bent Sørensen, Renewable Energy Conversion, Transmission and Storage, 2007,
1) HEAT ENERGY CONVERSION PROCESSES
 DIRECT THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION
 ENGINE CONVERSION OF SOLAR ENERGY
 HEAT PUMPS, GEOTHERMAL AND OCEAN-THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION

2) MECHANICAL ENERGY CONVERSION

 FLOW-DRIVEN CONVERTERS
 PROPELLER-TYPE CONVERTERS
 CROSS-WIND AND OTHER CONVERTERS
 HYDRO AND TIDAL ENERGY CONVERSION
 MAGNETO HYDRODYNAMIC CONVERTERS
 WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS

3) SOLAR RADIATION CONVERSION

 PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION
 PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CONVERSION
 SOLAR THERMAL CONVERSION
 SOLAR THERMAL ELECTRICITY GENERATORS
 SOLAR COOLING & OTHER APPLICATIONS

Reference
Bent Sørensen, Renewable Energy Conversion, Transmission and Storage, 2007,
4) ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION
 FUEL CELLS
 OTHER ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION

5) BIOENERGY CONVERSION PROCESSES

 COMBUSTION
 BIOLOGICAL CONVERSION INTO GAS
 BIOLOGICAL CONVERSION INTO LIQUIDS
 THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION TO GASEOUS AND OTHER
FUELS