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Objectives and Uses of Alternate (Renewable) Energy Sources



 1.The Importance of solar energy can be emphasized particularly in view of the fact that fossil fuels and other conventional sources are not free from environmental implications.

2.Energy sources which have least pollution, safety and security snags and are universally available have the best enhance of large scale utilization in future.

3.Hydro-electric power generation is expected to upset the ecological balance existing on earth.

4.Besides space heating, hydel power plants critically pollute the aquatic and terrestrial biota.

5.Radioactive pollutants released from nuclear power plants are chronically hazardous. The commissioning of boiling water power reactors (BWRS) have resulted in critical accumulation of large number of long lived radionuclides in water.

6.The dangerous radio waste cannot be buried in land without the risk of polluting the soil and under ground water. Nor the waste can be dumped into the rivers without poisoning aquatic life and human beings as well.

7.The burning of coal, oil, wood, dung cakes and petroleum products have well debated environmental problems. The smoke so produced causes respiratory and digestive problems leading to lungs, stomach and eye diseases. 

8.The disposal of fly ash requires large ash ponds and may pose a severe problem considering the limited availability of land. Thus the non-conventional sources of energy are needed.

Objectives :

i) To provide more energy to meet the requirements of increasing population. 

ii)To reduce the environmental pollution 

iii)To reduce safety and security risks associated with the use of nuclear energy.

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