What is Renewable Energy

Renewable energy is generated from naturally replenished resources such as the sun, wind, water, earth, and other solids, liquids, and gaseous materials. Examples of renewable energy technologies include solar panels and wind turbines.

The world's population continues to grow and our country's energy consumption continues to increase. In order to meet the additional demand for electricity, we can continue to produce electricity through conventional or renewable methods.

What Renewable Energy Can Do For You
Conventional	Renewable
No financial assistance available	Billions in Federal and State grants and tax incentives available to aid in project funding
Zero return on your investment	Solar and wind power systems can provide positive return on investment
Unknown future electric rates	Fixed and known cost for electricity produced by renewable energy over the lifetime of the system
Safety risk with nuclear energy	Near zero safety risk
Produced from a finite source, could eventually run out	Is inexhaustible and infinitely renewable. Could provide all of our worlds' needs.
Cost of conventional electricity continues to rise	The wind and sun are free

By use of renewable energy sources, we can reduce the need for electricity produced from dirty coal-fired or potentially dangerous nuclear power plants.