The Benefits and Challenges of Green Energy

The essay highlights the importance of balancing the use of natural resources with the generation of energy from renewable sources. It provides a detailed analysis of the pros and cons of green energy, including its environmental friendliness, reliability, and job creation potential. The essay also touches on the challenges of investing in green energy, such as high upfront costs and the need for significant investment in infrastructure.

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It is a matter of fact that United States of America after the rapid expansion and
development in the industrial sector has become immensely dependent on the fossil fuel and the
natural resources for generating adequate energy to satisfy the domestic and the industrial needs
of the nation. As per Chang et al. (2014), the matter of concern in this regard is that uncontrolled
usage and extraction of the natural resources would result in lack of the natural resources for the
future generations. According to Dai et al. (2016) thus it can be said that if the government gets
inclined to use natural resources to generate energy and along with that if they generate energy
from using the renewable sources with help of modern technologies, it would be best for
sustaining the natural resources for the long time.
There are various ways to generate energy from the renewable sources and solar energy is
one of the most easily acquired type of energy that can be used via solar panels. In this regard it
can be said that from the direct sunlight using the solar panel adequate amount of energy can be
generated (Ellabban, Abu-Rub & Blaabjerg, 2014). Apart from that using the temperature of the
earth or using the geothermal energy some amount of energy can be generated. Apart from that
nowadays using the tidal or ocean wave adequate amount of energy can be generated. In recent
times government is trying to burn the municipal waste products to generate energy but this is
not a solution of the problem as generating energy in this way would certainly increase the
environmental pollution. According to Dai et al. (2016), it can be said that there are plenty of
opportunities to generate energy from the renewable sources.
There are numerous advantages of generating energy from renewable sources and those are
mentioned in this section of this essay. It is a widely accepted fact that majority renewable
sources of energy are highly environment friendly and using those to generate energy would not
harm the environmental balance (Gao & Chen, 2016). Using the renewable sources would

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sustain the reserve fossil fuels for the future generation. Apart from that it can be said that
renewable energy is a reliable source and if the government is able to provide proper
infrastructure for generating energy from the renewable sources, it would be beneficial for the
humankind (Kong & Liu, 2015). Generating energy in an industrial quantity would create many
jobs and the society would get empowered. Above all it can be said that increased usage of
energy from the renewable sources would help to stabilize the price of energy generated from
natural resources (Ellabban, Abu-Rub & Blaabjerg, 2014).
In this section of this essay, the possible disadvantages of generating energy from the
renewable sources are incorporated. According to Dai et al. (2016) it has been seen that
generating energy for industrial purpose from the renewable sources is not always possible and it
would require immense workforce and it would require significant amount of investment
(Larcher & Tarascon, 2015). At times the renewable energy can be unreliable, as to generate
solar energy it would require clear sunny weather and otherwise the solar panels would not be
able to generate required energy (Gao & Chen, 2016). Generating energy from renewable
sources for the industrial purpose can become immensely expensive.
Generating energy from the renewable sources can bring in various job opportunities and
this section of this essay sheds light on this issue. Some business leaders are nowadays investing
significant amount of money in order to generate electricity from the renewable sources for
industrial use. According to Dai et al. (2016), The reason behind these types of actions are that,
using energy from renewable sources can save the company costs in a significant manner and
that can provide the organization with opportunities to channelize the saved money to utilize for
the betterment of the business. Apart from these, as per Chang et al. (2014), various business
organizations are getting inclined towards using renewable energy for their office purpose as a

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form of their contribution for the society or environment. Nowadays various companies are
coming forward by supporting green energy as a form of their Corporate Social Responsibility.
Apart from that there are various ways to generate green energy and generating the energy
requires manpower and clearly it is evident that to generate energy from the renewable sources
can open up job opportunities in substantial quantity (Ellabban, Abu-Rub & Blaabjerg, 2014).
Thus to conclude, it can be said that only depending on the renewable sources for
generating energy can become a major issue as I many cases it might not be a wise decision.
Thus, it would be better to keep a balance in using energy generated from natural resources and
using energy generated from renewable sources.

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