From my point of view, there is no better renewable energy source than others, because that depends on multiple factors, including the geographical location and the availability of these energies in the site under study.
I don't think there is a clear cut answer to this question. It is very much dependent on the suitability assessment of the renewable source that we want to employ for a particular location or application. Commercial software such as HOMER PRO tries to integrate location data (wind, irradiation, and hydrological data) to carry out an economic assessment. Each one has its advantages and disadvantages (stochasticity, dispatchability, environmental impact). It also depends on the definition of the best that you are looking out for in your research work (e.g. most economic or most environmentally friendly). I hope you will be able to find an option that is best suited for your intended application. Cheers.
Renewable energy sources, I suppos depending on the location around the world. At some countries the solar energy is the best because the long day with shining sun. Other countries may be depend on wind farms because the windy days that available almost along the year and so on ...
The choice of the best renewable energy source depends on the operating conditions.
In some countries, photovoltaics is the most suitable source thanks to the meteorological conditions (countries with good exposure to the sun).
On the other hand, in some countries wind turbines are the most used source of energy due to the high wind speed in their territories.
There is no unique answer for that, as others mentioned it depends on the available source, cost, environment of operation, regulations,...etc. In the nutshell, some of these factors combine with the needs will determine which renewable source is best.
I will unite with answer with my college's. Its depends from location, but evident is that solar energy is the most convenient in all part of the world. On the second, there are a wind power, but with more investment cost.
You must analyses purpose of each RES type, place and investing values.
Selection of renewable energy resources depends upon the location. Now a days world is thinking about 100% renewable energy that is why every source should be taken into account regardless of bad effects. If you are thinking about the clean energy than wind and solar are competitor.
I think hydro and solar. Eolic is more limited and to be sustainable it should not occupy forestable land. The energy of seawaves and rivers is not enough exploited, but also limited. Maybe solar has the most future because each building can be transformed in a power station. Technology is underway. Look at this reference, for example: Conference Paper ‘Buildings as Power Stations’: An Energy Simulation Tool for Housing
Well, I think if we can control the fusion reaction in future. It will be definitely the best source of renewable energy. Currently, it depends on the geographical location and meteorological conditions.
I believe that the renewable energy that we have the most at hand today is energy efficiency. The short-term potential (5 years) is greater than that of any other type of renewable energy. It does not depend on the geographical location and is the one with the lowest unit cost. We must work hard on nuclear fusion, especially at low powers, lower the costs of solar energy, use the renewable energies existing in each geographic location, but it is important to work with much more intensity on energy efficiency, which is half of the solution to environmental sustainability in the short term.
From my point of view, there is no better renewable energy source than others, because that depends on multiple factors, including the geographical location and the availability of these energies in the site under study.
Dear Muhammd, I think that the cleanest sources of energy production are solar power and wind energy, both of which are seeing increasing popularity both in production for residences and for the national grid.
These renewable options are extremely promising in what they’ll be able to do for us in the future, not only in the clean (zero emissions) energy they produce, but also in what they can do for local economies.
Wind power offers a huge increase in local employment and funding, and solar panels bring a potential long-term option available to anyone with a rooftop, but installation costs remain incredibly high. Renewable power capacity is set to expand by 50% over the next four years, led by hydropower, wind power, and solar power.
Taking into account the protection of the biosphere and climate of the planet Earth, all renewable energy sources are better than the combustion of fossil fuels and the emission of greenhouse gases and environmental pollution. On the other hand, the issue of the selection of the most convenient structure of the type of renewable energy sources of the energy sector is determined by the issue of the country's energy security and local, national and regional natural, geological, socio-economic, climatic, etc.
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Dariusz Prokopowicz
By far, the best of the renewable energies is stored water behind dams to generate hydroelectricity. It is large scale, always available and the output can be changed instantly to accommodate the load.
The world’s most used renewable power sources:
https://www.power-technology.com/features/featurethe-worlds-most-used-renewable-power-sources-4160168/
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