Safe And Clean Energy Technologies Are Vital For Our Future

by Jeffrey Long

So what is safe and clean energy really all about? The following report includes some fascinating information about safe and clean energy–info you can use, not just the old stuff they used to tell you. Solar is comically unsuitable for baseline power generation. Even forgetting it’s 4X or more expensive than traditional power, you have the problems of energy storage and generation. Solar panels — whether photovoltaic or thin-film — are primarily a glass product. The most advanced automobile glass uses the same thin-film technology to deposit microscopically thin layers of materials between layers of glass — which, for example, allows a windshield to respond to changes in glare. Solar cells are coming along fine on their own, although it makes sense to explore the new arena of generating electricity from the infra-red spectrum; the key is rectifiers. There is no need for hydrocarbon fuel subsidies given today’s prices. Those of you not familiar with the latest on safe and clean energy now have at least a basic understanding. But there’s more to come. Fuel cell technology is a particularly important enabler for biomass utilisation offering high efficiencies of conversion in fairly small unit sizes and is essential to the new distributed energy economy. Fuel cells can then convert hydrogen to electrical energy to power anything from vehicles and homes to electronic devices. Investors will not expect all companies to be experts in climatology, but they will expect every company to see and understand a trend of this magnitude and make sure the firm does not get left behind. Investment in the United States fell by 2% and in Europe growth was very much muted. However, there were also some bright points in 2008 especially in developing economies – China became the world’s second largest wind market in terms of new capacity and the world’s biggest photovoltaic manufacturer and a rise in geothermal energy may be getting underway in countries from Australia to Japan and Kenya. Hopefully the sections above have contributed to your understanding of safe and clean energy. Share your new understanding about safe and clean energy with others. They’ll thank you for it.