Farm Power & Machinery

Renewable energy

• It is the energy mainly obtained from renewable sources like sun, wind and biomass. Biomass energy (biogas, producer gas, ethanol and biodiesel), wind energy and solar energy are used in agriculture and domestic purposes with suitable devices. It can be used for lighting, cooking, water heating, space heating, water distillation, food processing, water pumping, diesel engine operation and electricity generation. This type of energy is inexhaustible in nature. The different renewable energy gadgets are depicted in Plate 1.5.
  
  Plate : 1.5 Different renewable energy gadgets
  (Source: http://www.treehugger.com , http://greenerbuyer.com & http://c1.ecopreneurist.com)