Environmental Sciences and Sustainability: Unit V: Sustainability Practices

Sustainable Energy: Non-conventional Sources

• The conventional sources of energy are generally non-renewable sources of energy, which are being used since a long time. These sources of energy are being used extensively in such a way that their known reserves have been depleted to a great extent.

Sustainable Energy : Non-conventional Sources

• The conventional sources of energy are generally non-renewable sources of energy, which are being used since a long time. These sources of energy are being used extensively in such a way that their known reserves have been depleted to a great extent.

• The sources of energy which are being produced continuously in nature and are in exhaustible are called non-conventional energy.

• Non-conventional sources are also known as renewable sources of energy.

• Various forms of renewable energy -

1. Solar energy

2. Wind energy

3. Bio energy

4. Hydro energy

5. Geothermal energy

6. Wave and tidal energy

 

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