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Sustainable Energy - Assignment

   

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SUSTAINABLE ENERGY -PROJECT B

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThe assignment is about understanding about the solar thermal system and its relevancyin today times to know about its execution. It has emphasized on the utilities, advantages andchallenges that has laid the foundation of comprehending the opportunities and new suggestionsregarding this technology. It has discussed about the current status of the technology as well asvarious technical advancements which can mark the future development. Moreover, it has also examined all the opportunities and related barriers which made theuse of this solar thermal technology less common and difficult. It has been summed up that solarthermal energy systems is one of the most useful type of sustainable energy technology that isbeing used mostly nowadays not only in commercial sectors but it is also used in residentialbuildings as well. It has also been reported that impact of solar thermal energy contributed indecreasing carbon footprint and supported in achieving sustainable environment.

Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4Current state of the solar and thermal technology in UK ...........................................................4Impact of solar energy.................................................................................................................1Technical developments now and into future.............................................................................3Barriers and opportunities............................................................................................................6Personal view on the technology.................................................................................................9CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTIONEnergy conservation is defined as the strategy or approach to minimise the consumptionof energy or to minimise its wastage so that its availability can be assured for the long term.Another principal goal of energy conservation is to determine and adopt new renewable energysources so that hazardous impact on the environment can be reduced and resources can be madeavailable to all service users. At present non-renewable energy sources are widely consumed bythe world population. However, these resources are very limited and their use to the extent ofexploitation to meet the needs of growing population has cause resource scarcity andenvironment degradation. It has been very essential to evaluate and explore the natural resources which cansubstitute the non-renewable energy sources so that future will not face the resource scarcity orthe harmful impact on the environment. The solar and thermal energy can be considered as thevast sourced of energy which can meet the needs of entire earth without even causing harm to thenature. The sun has been considered as the prime source of energy which has enough andunlimited potential to meet the energy needs of the people. However, there has been very limiteddevelopments in transforming applications of solar and thermal energy in the developmentprocess. The thermal energy refers to the heat generated by the systems due to the motion ofparticles or atoms. Thus, it is the kind of kinetic energy and can be used to generate electricity and otherenergy needs. The study will investigate the solar and thermal energy and how this technology isimplemented in United Kingdom. The report will discuss the current status of the technology aswell as various technical advancements which can mark the future development. It will alsoevaluate opportunities and the barriers which makes the use of solar and thermal technology lesscommon and difficult.Current state of the solar and thermal technology in UK A very minor proportion of the electricity is produced by using the solar energy in UK.However, after 2010 the technology has gained huge growth due to decreasing prices ofphotovoltaic panels and feed in tariff which gave subsidies to renewable energy sources. Atpresent UK has been developing at good pace in the field of solar energy. By 2019 the biggestsolar farm of UK is producing 13 GW solar energy. It has been analysed that despite havingcloudy and grey weather in term of having solar potential UK can be analysed as efficient. The

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