Renewable Energy

1. Downsides

1.1. Its difficult for renewable energy sources to generate power on the same large scale as fossil fuels

1.2. Building wind farms and dams can disrupt wildlife and migration patterns (lead to ecological destruction)

1.3. Solar and wind energy are intermitten (they depend by other facotrs to produce energy)

2. Benefits

2.1. It can combat climate changes (it creates no direct greenhouse gas emissions)

2.2. Can decrease pollution and reduce threats to our health

2.3. Is a reliable source of power /they will never run out)

2.4. Once built renewable facilities cost very little to operate (and the fuel is often free)

2.5. Renewable energy prices tent to be stable over time

3. Did you know...?

3.1. Over 80% of the total energy consumed by humans is derived from fossil fuels

3.1.1. However renewables are the fastest growing source of energy in the word

4. (Examples)How different countries use renewable energy nowadays?

4.1. Germany reached a global milestone in May 2016: the sources of solar, wind, hydroelectric and biomass energy (obtained from organic waste) achieved 87 percent of that generated in the country.

4.2. Portugal could, in that same month, operate only with the force of wind, water and sun for four days and its electricity production already comes in 75 percent non-fossil energy.

4.3. Uruguay became the continent's country with the highest proportion of electricity generated from wind energy, with 22 percent, and expects to close this year with a coverage of 30 percent

4.4. Costa Rica achieved during the first 7 months of 2016 that 96.9 percent of its electricity network was supplied with clean energy

5. What is it?

5.1. Is generated from sources that naturally replenish themselves and never run out

6. Most common sources are:

6.1. Solar,wind, hydro, geothermal and biomass

7. An opportunity to change our daily way of lfe

7.1. As we know many sources of energy that we use nowadays will be finished in the future, like petrol.So...why dont we try to replaced it, step by step, in all the world for a better liefstyle..?

8. Maybe we can't start using them in our home at first, but, what about our school?

8.1. For this year, Jose Max Leon School eleventh grade students are working in a proyect that wants to provide clean energy en the little theatre oh the institution. Can yo see? Is just about initiative

9. In the case of Colombia...

9.1. With the coming of the next auctions for renewable energies, La Guajira will be consolidated as the center with the greatest potential in types such as wind and solar energy, not only in the Caribbean but also at the national level. This department has a potential of 15,000 megawatts (MW) only in wind energy and solar farms, which would represent about 90% of the total currently generated in Colombia,

9.2. "Bioenergy represents a great opportunity for Colombia, specifically in regions such as Valle del Cauca, which with only 2% of the national territory is the country's main agroindustrial producer."

9.3. In 2017, the first biogas generation plant based on poultry waste was inaugurated in the north of Cauca by the Incubadora Santander company, which required an investment of close to US $ 4.5 million.