Environmental Benefits Of Using Solar Energy

The sun has delivered energy over billions of years and the earth has received ultimate source for all the energy used by people especially light energy. After sometimes, the increase in advance development of technologies devices able to collect solar thermal energy for heat and convert it into energy. The benefits of using solar energy, it does not produce air pollution or emits carbon dioxide and bring minimal impacts on the environment. However, the measure of daylight that arrives at the base at the world 's surface is not consistent. The measure of daylight changes relying upon area, time of day, period of the year, and climate conditions. In addition, it requires huge land to operate that leads to expensive start-up cost. In order to

The heating process creates different temperature between the land, air and water. Wind energy is processed by the wind which generates mechanical power then, the mechanical power or generator convert into electricity. There are two types of wind turbines which are horizontal axis and vertical axis. Wind turbines can be built on land or offshore likes oceans and lakes where the wind speed is higher. However, the size of turbines should be considerate as the larger the wind turbines will result cost effective and group together to produce bulk power. The benefits of using wind power are environmental benefits that it does not produce pollution and emission free except for the process materials to build wind power. According to the Wind Vision Report, the wind has the potential to reduce cumulative greenhouse gas emission by 14% and saving $400 billion in avoided global damage by 2050. Therefore, it is to be considered as clean source of energy and inexhaustible as long as there is the

The target is to increase the share of renewable energy in the total power generation mix by 2.7 percent or 124,000 MWh by 2017 and 10 percent in 2035. Currently, Brunei had a joint project between Government and Mitsubishi Corporate of a solar farm that operates since 2010, with the cost of $20 million for operation. It is known as ‘Tenaga Suria Brunei’ (TSB) that are located in Seria. The farm covers an area about 12,000 m2 with exactly 9,234 pieces of solar panels able to generate the nominal capacity of 1.2kWp. A total of 1,344 MWh of electricity able to provide approximately 200 households per year which equivalent to 46 - 47 pieces of solar panels for each house. In addition, the farm is expected to save approximately 340,000 litres of crude oil and reduce 960 tonnes of carbon emission that reduce negative impact towards the environment. Furthermore, it helps Brunei resident to reduce the dependency on fossil fuels and having reserve fossil fuels for the future. According to Yang Berhormat Pehin of Prime Ministry Office, a large scale of the solar project will be implemented in the Temburong district to replace the Belingus Generator Station that operated on diesel which the first phase will be expected to complete this