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Green, the same solar energy plays an important role in energy transformation due to its low impact on the environment. It offers non-renewable energy alternatives and helps combat global warming by generating greenhouse gases or increasing carbon emissions. But what is green energy? What are its advantages? And how can you switch on it?
"Green" energy is clean energy, which, unlike fossil fuels, is non-polluting and comes from 100% renewable sources, which means that it does not harm the environment and is more sustainable. Pure energies are often mixed with renewable energies. The main difference is that all renewable energy is clean, but not all clean energy is renewable.
Renewable energy comes from the resources provided by nature - wind and sun are the most obvious examples. Clean energy is energy that generates little or no pollution. It includes renewable energy, but also includes nuclear energy and carbon neutralization under the influence of technologies such as carbon capture and sequestration (CCS).
For example, nuclear energy is clean because it is decarbonized and does not emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. However, this energy is not renewable because uranium, its fuel, is a limited resource.
Green energy includes: solar energy, wind energy, hydropower, geothermal energy and bioenergy.
Solar energy is renewable energy that is generated from the sun, so it is also intermittent energy. It uses solar energy in two ways: by photoelectric technology and by thermal technology. Photoelectric solar energy converts sunlight into electricity using photoelectric plates or panels, while solar thermal energy is mainly used to heat liquids, such as household water heaters.
• Clean energy;
• Inexhaustible source of energy;
• No carbon emissions or greenhouse gases;
• Energy independence;
• self-sufficient;
• Sustainability;
• Ecologically clean and slows down climate change.
In addition to contributing to the environment, using green electricity will also help you save on your bills.