Horno Solar

Biomass plant Cuellar, Segovia, funded 50% by the Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving of Energy (IDEA), Public Entity Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade and the Regional Authority for Energy ( ENRD) of the Castile and Leon, was the first facility of its features that has been done in Spain, having been, since its inception in 1999, both its reliability and its perfect integration into the social and economic environment of the municipality de Cuellar. The plant gets energy saving and use of indigenous renewable resources to the daily lives of its inhabitants.

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What may seem utopian to many, has become a reality in Güssing. This small city in southern Austria has returned once depressed the path of economic life producing 100% of its energy with solar and biomass.

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Renewable energy is defined as that which is obtained from natural sources continuously inexhaustible on a human scale. They are a real clean alternative to conventional energy with minimal environmental impact.

We could divide them into 6 major groups:

• Solar energy (photovoltaic, thermal, thermoelectric)
• Wind Energy
• Hydraulic Power
• Energy of the Sea (marine, undimotrz, maremotérmica)
• Geothermal Energy
• Biomass Energy (Residual Biomass, Biofuels, energy crops, municipal solid waste)

The latter has its own peculiarities as it produces CO2 emissions. However, these emissions can be considered carbon neutral since it is already found in the natural cycle of life, and not released into the bargain as with the exploitation of fossil fuels.

We will explore in depth each.

As a contrast, are non-renewable energy, those that are limited and once irrestituibles fully exploited. Curiously also note that it is the worst polluters.

• Petroleum
• Coal
• Natural Gas
• Nuclear Energy

It is possible to replace it before the last four for the first six …