(National aviation university, 2020-12-23) Краснікова, Катерина Сергіївна
Alternative energy is a set of promising methods of obtaining, transmitting and using energy that are not as widespread as traditional ones, but are of interest because of the profitability of their use with, as a rule, a low risk of causing harm to the environment.
In order for humanity to exist and develop rapidly, it is necessary to constantly improve the ways of obtaining energy. The search for new sources of energy and the development of alternative ways of obtaining energy is the main priority task of mankind in the new Millennium.
Energy is the basis of all processes in all sectors of the national economy, the main condition for creating material benefits and improving people's living standards. Today, energy is the most important driving force of global economic progress, and the well-being of billions of people on the planet directly depends on its state. The steady increase in the number of people leads to an increase in energy consumption. And if we don't develop alternative energy, it can lead to an energy crisis.
Traditional energy sources — oil, gas, coal, firewood — will eventually run out. According to some estimates, this will happen in the coming decades. The problem of switching from traditional hydrocarbon energy sources — wood, coal, oil, and gas — is becoming more urgent every year. And it's not just that traditional sources are being depleted, although this aspect of the problem is also important. In addition to the prospect of depletion of traditional sources, there is also an environmental problem, since the burning of hydrocarbon fuels leads to harmful emissions into the atmosphere, worsening the human habitat, creating environmental problems.
