Sources of Electricity

Made By – Anshuman Garg

Class – X – B
 Renewable & Non Renewable resources
• Renewable natural resources
• Let's look more closely at renewable natural resources. They
are the ones that can grow again. Trees are a good example. If
cut down, they can regrow from seeds and sprouts. Animals
are another example. Baby animals are born and grow up.
They replace older animals that die.
• Trees are one of the most useful renewable natural resources.
We use trees to produce almost 8,000 different things, like this
cardboard box. Wood is used to make most of these products.
Tree wood is in our homes, furniture, paper, and on and on.
Tree chemicals are also used to produce things like rayon cloth,
food, medicine, and rubber.
 Nonrenewable natural resources
• Now, let's look at nonrenewable natural resources. They are found in the ground.
There are fixed amounts of these resources. They are not living things, and they
are sometimes hard to find. They don't regrow and they are not replaced or
renewed. They include the fossil fuels we burn for energy (natural gas, coal, and
oil). Minerals, used for making metals, are also nonrenewable natural resources.
Nonrenewable natural resources are things that take longer than a person's
lifespan to be replaced. In fact, they can take millions of years to form.

• Fossil fuels such as oil, coal, and gas will not last forever. They are nonrenewable.
People are trying hard to find new fuels that are clean and will provide the power
we need. Wind, solar, and hydrogen power are renewable resources that offer
hope for the future
 Sources to Generate Electricity

• The electricity generation uses natural and artificial resources for the production
and distribution of certain types of energy. With this resource, it is possible to
generate heat, produce electricity for homes and commercial environments,
provide vehicle displacement, etc.

• Hydroelectric power
• Hydroelectric plants use hydropower to generate electricity. Therefore, a dam is
built on a river to retain water, creating a reservoir, much like a lake.
 Thermoelectric power
• Thermoelectric plants are another way of producing electricity. In this
case, the system works by heating the water with fossil fuels,
including petroleum, natural gas and coal.
 Wind power
• The construction of wind farms are built to turn wind into energy. It
works through turbines, which look significantly like a pinwheel, that
move due to the wind
 Nuclear power
• Nuclear plants use radioactive elements, such as uranium, to generate
energy. In this system, the nucleus of the uranium atom is
disintegrated, releasing a large amount of heat (energy), which is why
they are known as sources of “nuclear” electricity.
 Solar power
• Solar power or photovoltaic works through the use of sunlight.
Photovoltaic modules or a solar thermal system are used to transform
it into energy.
Electricity usage v/s Electricity production
• Electricity demand is measured in kilowatts (kW) and represents the
rate at which electricity is used.
• Electricity consumption, on the other hand, is measured in kilowatt-
hours (kWh) and represents the amount of electricity used over a
certain time.
• Let’s start with the familiar analogy of driving a car to explain further.
The rate at which a building consumes energy, or the facility’s demand
(kW), equates to the car’s speed (mph). And the energy consumption
(kWh) is like the total distance driven (miles).
 Electricity usage v/s Electricity production
• Total driving distance and total energy consumption are calculated the same
way: in the car, multiply the average speed by the number of hours driven to
determine distance driven; for energy usage, multiply demand by time in
use and you get total energy consumption.
• With our imaginary car turned off, here’s the difference between demand and
consumption in the real energy world. When turned on, the 10W LED light
always demands 10 W from the grid. However, energy consumption varies
according to the number of hours the light is used. If the LED is on for 10 hours,
total consumption is 10 W x 10 hours or 100 Wh; if it’s only illuminated for five
hours, then you’re consuming 50 Wh.
• So, while the factors measuring consumption change, the value of knowing how
these calculations impact operations are constant.
 Alternate, Natural and Effective source for
the production of Electricity

• Hydropower
• Hydropower is one of the oldest forms of energy used by humans and
has been used worldwide throughout history. Hydropower harnesses
the natural energy of water to create electricity. Today, we see this
most frequently in the form of dams. This alternative energy source is
one of the most reliable, especially in naturally wet areas.
 Alternate, Natural and Effective source for
the production of Electricity

• Wind Energy
• Wind power has tripled over the past 10 years in the United States,
making wind energy the number one largest renewable energy source
in the nation. Wind power is one of the alternative energy sources
that serves both individuals and entire communities. It’s versatile, and
can be produced from small-scale windmills or wind turbines on
residential properties to large-scale offshore wind farms in the ocean.