This article throws light upon the top two mechanical methods used for storage of energy. The methods are: 1. Pumped Hydro-Electric Storage 2. Compressed Air Storage. Mechanical Method # 1. Pumped Hydro-Electric Storage: In this system, electric power in excess of the immediate demand is used to pump water from a supply source (e.g., lake, river or reservoir) at a [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the primary and secondary non-conventional sources of energy. Primary Sources of Energy: These are these which are available in nature in raw form, like coal, petroleum-oil and natural gas, wind, water at high level, uranium ore, solar radiation, geo-thermal fluid, ocean waves, ocean thermal fluid, ocean tides, biomass fluids etc. Thus primary [...]
This article throws light upon the top five non-conventional sources of energy. The sources are: 1. Solar Energy 2. Wind Energy 3. Ocean Energy 4. Geothermal Energy 5. Small Hydro-Energy. Non-Conventional Source # 1. Solar Energy: Utilisation of solar energy is of great importance to India, since it lies in a tropical climate region of the world where sunlight is [...]