Renewable Energy Technologies: Opportunities and Challenges

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Executive Summary.
The purpose of this report is to analyze about renewable energy technologies, the factors that
influence sustainability, the renewable energy sources and opportunities in the field of renewable
energy and challenges in the renewable energy sector.

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Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction..............................................................................................................................4
2.0 Objective...................................................................................................................................4
3.0 Sustainability Factors..............................................................................................................6
4.0 Summary..................................................................................................................................7
5.0 References.................................................................................................................................9

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1.0 Introduction.
According to Gagnon, Leduc & Savard (2012) sustainable Engineering is the process in which
systems use energy and resources in a rate that does not hurt the environment, or the ability of
future generations to meet their own needs. Under this, I’m going to focus on renewable energy
technologies which brings about the sustainable use of renewable sources such as wind, sunshine
for commercial use or home use.
Renewable energy provides energy in areas such as: electricity generation, transportation, off
grid services and air and water heating/cooling. (Elbatran, Yaakob, Ahmed & Shabara, 2015).
Due to an increase in population, alongside the global growing energy needs leads to the nonstop
routine of petroleum energy which leads to problems such as increase in greenhouse gas
emissions, depletion of fossil fuel reserves and military and geopolitical conflict and other
environmental concerns. This brings about the outstanding alternative in renewable energy
sources which is the only solution to the growing challenges such as climate change and is the
future to a sustainable and a green environment (Oyedepo, 2012, p.15).
The UN General Assembly planned a set of worldwide maintainable progress areas that includes
169 targets and 17 goals by the Open Working Group at the UN with the intention of tackling
climate change through renewable energy. The report seeks to cover the factors affecting
sustainability, the opportunities and challenges facing the renewable energy sector (Gupta,
Gautam, Dhar,& Pandey., 2018, p.3-7)