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    Renewable Energy Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be transformed: the first law of conservation of energy. Since the earliest days of human history, man have always been looking forward to control energy. But it wasn't until the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that humanity finally learned to harness the high concentration of energy existent in fossil fuels. (''Why Sustainable Energy Matters,''Learning Space). Even though humans achieved to apply the first law of conservation

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    Abstract How many U.S. consumers believe global warming is the most serious ecological issue facing the world today? According to a study by Stanford University, one-third. “More than half the respondents view this issue as extremely or very important, almost double the number just a decade ago.” (Rothaermel, 2017) Consumers demanded for more green products, the Home Depot responded. The company launched a new product label called Eco Options On Earth Day 2007. It used strict criteria to designate

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    some recommendations will be offered regarding fossil fuels and future exploration, implementation, and utilization of more renewable energy resources. Discussion of Global Issue From the dawn of civilization, mankind has sought after some sort of power source to

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    Concerns about the consequences of excessive global warming have made energy transition a matter of increasing interest. Carbon emissions from changing land cover and emissions of CH4 and N2O from agricultural activities are significant contributors to the excessive global warming, but emissions of CO2 from the combustion of fossil fuels remain the largest source (Vaclav 2016). Nevertheless, there are empirical indicators that promoting the transition to the decarbonisation of current global energy

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    The Influence of Tax Credits The impetus behind the tax credits appears to be two-fold. As taxpayers work to improve energy efficiency, decreasing usage, and lessening the environmental impact of their daily activities, they may receive financial rewards based on their actions. The offer of tax credits is an attempt to achieve a certain behavior from the consumer. However, two important things must take place before the consumer takes action. First, the consumer must be aware that a tax credit

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    upon the weather for its sources of power. Hydro-generators need a source of falling water or rain. Wind turbines rely on wind to turn the blades and solar panels need clear sky and sunshine. When weather doesn’t provide these kinds of climate conditions, it’s impossible for renewable energy sources make energy from them. Government of many countries have adopted comprehensive policy frameworks at national level to

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    As the world population, the use of nonrenewable resources, and development of industrial technology continues to grow, the more harmful air pollution gets. Air pollution is caused by all of these factors, and more. While fossil fuel sources continue to diminish, there is an increasing interest in the use of renewable technologies, such as the air, water, and sun. China is one of the many countries in the world suffering from air pollution due to household and industrial use of fossil fuels and a

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    Wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, and biomass provide so much benefit for our climate, health and our economy. As many reliable energy’s rise on demand and expense like oil, coal, natural gas and nonrenewable fossil fuel that draw on limited resources which will eventually diminish. Looking at all the power plants and the millions of cars that exist in the streets today and many more technologies and industries that are polluting the air it is safe to say we may be going the wrong way into

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    gas will peak by 2040. In addition, “over the past 50 years, the average global temperature has increased at the fastest rate in recorded history” (MacMillan Para 1). The United States needs to figure out a way to fulfill their massive demand for power while ensuring the safety of the planet. There are many possible ways to attack the problem at hand. The first proposal is to mandate the installment of solar rooftop units throughout the country. Another proposal is to install solar parks throughout

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    The summation of total power consumed at computer server and the total power consumed at the facility gives the total power consumption at the data centers The power usage efficiency PUE for a data center is defined as the ratio of total power consumed at the data center to the power consumed at the computer server. The standard value of PUE for most of the data centers is 2.0 The ratio Ppeak/Pidle denote the power elasticity of the servers. Let Ppeak be the average peak power when server is handling

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