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In the 21st Century we use oil and gas for transport, to produce electricity, as well as for many other things. We would not be able to survive without oil and gas, and when the supply runs out civilization as we know it may fall apart. People don’t know how to live without oil, we use it for everything. Hawaii is the most oil-dependent state in the nation, according to the US Department of Energy, we use imported petroleum for 90% of our energy. We pay the highest prices for electricity and fuel.
When oil was first discovered there was so much of it that people thought we would never run out, but of course that was wrong. We know now that the world’s oil reserves will run out soon. The oil in our earth was formed by natural geological processes which happened millions of years ago. Oil consumption is over 30 billion barrels a year and demand continues to be out of control.
The only solution is to find different resources that are renewable that we can rely on. Almost all renewable energy comes either directly or indirectly from the sun. Sunlight can be used for heating homes and other buildings, generating electricity and hot water heating, and all different kinds of uses for homes and businesses.
Energy from the sun can be used in many ways but usually people have a “solar thermal hot water” system that they use to heat water. Also you can install photovoltaic “PV” panels to produce electricity. The solar panels have solar cells that convert the sun’s energy into electricity. In Hawaii there are rebates and tax incentives for installing both, solar hot water systems and PV panels.
There is a endless supply of wind in Hawaii. The Department of Energy says that, “Good-to-excellent wind resource areas are fairly evenly distributed throughout the islands.” Wind holds unlimited potential as a clean, renewable energy source. Wind turbines can be used to power individual homes, or they can be connected to a utility power grid. When utility’s use wind power they build “wind plants”, which are large numbers of wind turbines built close together. There are already some wind plants supplying electricity to people on Maui and the Big Island, and there are plans to construct more wind turbines on Lanai, Molokai, and Oahu.
Geothermal energy uses the Earth’s internal heat for all kinds of uses, including producing electricity, and heating and cooling buildings. You can also use plants as a source of energy. Organic matter that makes up plants is known as biomass. Biomass can be used to produce electricity, fuels, or chemicals. Geothermal electricity production is used in Hawaii, a HELCO power plant supplies 20% of the Big Island’s energy needs and they plan on making it bigger.
Biomass is used all over Hawaii, H-POWER (Honolulu Project of Waste Energy Recovery), runs a “garbage to energy” power plant in Honolulu, it burns garbage to produce electricity, which it sells to HELCO. Materials that do not burn are recycled. The plant produces 8% of Oahu’s electricity and lowers the amount of trash going into the landfills. In Hawaii we use agricultural waste to produce electricity as well.
The ocean is a very powerful thing that can produce energy from the sun’s heat and mechanical energy from the tides, currents, and waves. A process called Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) uses the heat in the Earth’s oceans to generate electricity. Tidal turbines look like wind turbines, they are used to convert tidal energy into electricity by forcing the water through turbines, moving a generator. We don’t use this resource as much as we should here in Hawaii. Wave power devices extract energy directly from surface waves, some systems are in deep water, and they use the bobbing motion of the waves to power a pump that creates electricity.
Hawaii‘i has all kinds of natural energy sources, we have lots of sunshine, strong winds, fast-growing plants, raging rivers, geothermal heat, and warm and cold ocean water. All of these resources have the potential to help make energy and lower our dependence on imported petroleum. I think Hawaii should use more hydropower. Hydropower is using the energy in moving water to produce electricity. The force of a waterfall, river, or wave spins a turbine that turns a generator that produces electricity. We live on an island, we are surrounded by water!

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How alternative energy sources reduce the costs of business electric supply : Eco Articles

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As a business your primary objective is to make a profit and as a manager your primary objective is to increase that profit ever year. One of your routines should be to check your business electric account and trim off any unnecessary usage. This is not simply a routine to eliminate waste but it is also time to start considering alternative quotes from the various energy suppliers. Each supplier is able to offer their clients any price since the supply of energy is no longer regulated by the government. All they need to do is be sure that their operating costs are covered. This has opened many doors specifically in the name of research for alternative energy sources. While alternative energy is more expensive on average this is based mainly on implementation costs. Therefore a supplier that works hard on finding new sources of energy will eventually be able to meet your business electric needs at lower costs.

Though this statement may seem contradictory, it simply goes to show that to implement alternative energy supply the costs are the same regardless of how many kilowatt hours are produced. Therefore the more energy that is created the cheaper energy becomes. In effect the alternative energy is subsidising traditional energy sources. Your business electric account can easily be sliced down to the bare necessities by hunting down the suppliers who are offering the very best business electric rates.

Your business electric account can also be manipulated by making necessary adjustments to the way the business is run. This means with some employee buy-in you are able to reduce waste. Some very simple examples include turning off lights computer monitors and other equipment, as well as keeping windows closed.Therefore the more energy that is created the cheaper energy becomes. Certain products such as double glazed windows that keep the heat either in or out or energy monitors that can assist with locating a defect in older equipment that is draining excessive energy can also greatly help to keep the business electric expenditure lower.

With so much on offer the great news is that there is a professional on all products offered by all suppliers that can help you when it comes to meeting your business electric and financial needs. PCM Switch can assist in all such matters at no cost to you whatsoever. Give them a call, you have a professional on your side.

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