Name: Dianne Jerde Ann L.

Bade Date submitted: October 27, 2017

Year and Section: BSES 3-1

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POPULATION, RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

Exercise 2b.
IDENTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT OF RENEWABLE RESOURCES

I. OBJECTIVES

At the end of this exercise, the students should be able to:

1. identify examples of renewable energy (solar, wind, hydroelectric, biomass, geothermal)
and their relevant forms of technologies;
2. describe the energy forms and their mechanism of producing electricity; and
3. identify advantages and disadvantages associated with the use of renewable energy.

II. METHODS

1. Briefly describe the following forms of renewable energy (Table 2b.1):

a. Solar
b. Wind
c. Hydroelectric
d. Biomass
e. Geothermal

2. Determine their basic function and operation relevant to electricity production and identify
examples present in the Philippines and in other countries. List down your answers on
Table 2b.1.
3. Determine the technologies available under each form of renewable energy and identify
advantages and disadvantages of using each type of energy. List down your answers on
Table 2b.2.
4. Discuss your findings and formulate conclusions.

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III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Table 2b. 1. Description, and location of each Renewable Energy

EXAMPLES
RENEWABLE
DESCRIPTION PHILIPPINES OTHER COUNTRIES
ENERGY
(Name, Location) (Name, Location)
1. Solar Solar energy is the Solar Philippines, Longyangxia Dam
energy derived from the Calatagan, Batangas Solar Park, China
sun in the form of solar province
radiation.

2. Wind Wind energy is the Bangui Wind Farm, Shepherds Flat Wind
movement of air, Bangui, Ilocos Norte Farm, US, Eastern
harnessed to produce Oregon, US
electricity or power
machinery.

3. Hydroelectric Hydroelectric energy is Ambuklao Hydroelectric Three Gorges Dam,

power made by moving Plant, mountains of China
water. Bokod, Benguet

4. Biomass Biomass energy is Green Power Panay Alholmens Kraft

energy generated or Philippines Inc., Panay, Biofuel-fired Power
produced by living or Philippines Plant, Pietarsaari,
once-living organisms. Finland

5. Geothermal Geothermal energy is Bacon-Manito Wayang Windu Plant,

heat energy generated Geothermal Power Indonesia
and stored in the Earth. Plant, Albay Province

Renewable energy such as Solar, wind, Hydraulic, biomass, and geothermal can be found in
different parts of the world even the Philippines.

Table 2b.2. Renewable Energy Technologies available and each energy advantages and
disadvantages

RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
ENERGY AVAILABLE
1. Solar photovoltaics (PV), Solar power is pollution High initial costs for
which directly convert free and causes no material and
light to electricity greenhouse gases to installation and long
be emitted after ROI
installation.
2. Wind For multi-megawatt Wind energy itself is The wind isnt always
sources of wind both renewable and blowing. This can
energy, a large number sustainable. The wind cause serious
of turbines are usually will never run out. problems for wind
built close together to turbine developers who
Name: Dianne Jerde Ann L. Bade Date submitted: October 27, 2017
Year and Section: BSES 3-1

form a wind farm that will often spend

provides grid power. significant time and
money investigating
whether or not a
particular site is
suitable for the
generation of wind
power.
3. Hydroelectric Uses a dam on a river Once a dam is People living in villages
to store water in a constructed, electricity and towns that are in
reservoir. Water can be produced at a the valley to be
released from the constant rate. The flooded, must move
reservoir flows through lake's water can be out. This means that
a turbine, spinning it, used for irrigation they lose their farms
which in turn activates purposes. and businesses. In
a generator to produce some countries, people
electricity. are forcibly removed so
that hydro-power
schemes can go
ahead.
4. Biomass Biomass energy comes Its a renewable source Cost of construction of
from any renewable of energy. Its a biogas plant is high, so
organic matter (trees, comparatively lesser only rich people can
plants, residues) that pollution generating use it. Continuous
can be burned to energy. supply of biomass is
generate heat or required to generate
electricity. biomass energy.

5. Geothermal Geothermal power There are a few Greenhouse gas below

plants, use steam polluting aspects to Earths surface can
produced from harnessing geothermal potentially migrate to
reservoirs of hot water energy, and the carbon the surface and into
found a couple of miles footprint of a the atmosphere. Such
or more below the geothermal power emissions tend to be
Earth's surface. plant is seen as higher near geothermal
minimal. It is also power plants, which
renewable. are associated with
sulfur dioxide and silica
emissions.

Renewable energy uses different technologies to utilize that specific energy. Even though this
energy is renewable, it has its own advantages that may help people and environment it still has
disadvantages that can affect us eventually.

IV. CONCLUSION
I therefore conclude that the renewable energy is very beneficial to human and environment.
It uses different technologies in order to be utilized. Despite of it many advantages still has its
own disadvantages may affect the people and environment.

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V. REFERENCES
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/wind-energy/
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/biomass-energy/
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/geothermal-energy/tech.html
https://www.google.com.ph/search?rlz=1C1HIJA_enPH768PH768&ei=wNTyWeWOBYy88Q
W6_pVA&q=Geothermal+energy+description&oq=Geothermal+energy+description&gs_l=
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https://www.solarphilippines.ph/
http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php/Ambuklao_Hydroelectric_Plant
https://www.scribd.com/doc/73794461/Hydroelectric-Power-Plants-in-the-Philippine-1
https://www.solarinsure.com/largest-solar-power-plants
http://www.power-technology.com/features/feature-biggest-wind-farms-in-the-world-texas/
https://energy.gov/eere/energybasics/articles/wind-energy-technology-basics