Alternative Energy, Wind, and Conservation

Alternative, renewable energy options are of increasing interest in the world today. AquaEnergyGroup.com is here to provide the latest news, facts, and advice related to green energy use as well as general energy efficiency.

Rather than to promote any specific product or viewpoint, our goal is simply to provide honest information. For that reason, you can rely upon us to be a purely unbiased resource.

Before visiting the many particular topics within this site, a basic guide to the terminology may be of use:

•Renewable energy - This phrase refers to those resources which are naturally replenished. Examples include sunlight, wind, geothermal heat, rain, tides, and waves.

•Energy efficiency - The optimization of energy use is the practice to which term refers. This can describe specific products as well as design and considerate use.

•Solar energy - Solar power which comes from the sun. Both thermal and photovoltaic methods are available when it comes to harnessing it.

•Energy conservation - Conservation in this sense implies either reducing the waste of power or eliminating it completely.

•Alternative energy - "Renewable" and "green" may be used in the place of "alternative" in this sense, however there tends to be some subtle differences between the three. Alternative here describes different options than conventional resources. In general (but not necessarily), this term will also include the implication of cleaner means.

•Wind energy - As it sounds, this is harnessed from the kinetic power of winds. Home wind turbines area a tool used to create either electricity or mechanical force from wind.

•Green energy - This phrase describes power which has been created in a pollution-free and environmentally-friendly manner.

•Geothermal energy - The Greek words "geo" and "thermos" are combined in the word "geothermal." Those two words mean, "earth" and "heat" respectively. As it sounds, this phrase refers to power that is extracted from the heat which is stored within the Earth.

•Hydroelectric energy - Hydroelectricity is electricity that has been created through hydropower. This is currently the most common renewable energy application.

•Nuclear energy - The fusion or fission of the nuclei of atoms is the source of this energy option.

•Home energy - There are quite a few strategies homeowners may implement for creating savings both on the power bill and for the environment.

•Clean energy - "Clean" in this sense is comparable to "green" in that earlier definition. Again, the connotation is of environmentally-friendly resources.

•Photovoltaic energy - Photovoltaics utilize semiconductors within solar panels to convert sunlight into electricity. This is in contrast to those solar options which rely upon heat as opposed to sunlight.

•Hydrogen energy - This resource has the potential of being very clean and renewable. However, its creation on Earth poses some notable obstacles.

•Water energy - Hydropower, tidal power, wave power and  Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) are a few particular options which fall under this category.

•Energy products - While this term can refer to a variety of different matters, for the purpose of this site it is meant for those items more efficient in terms of electricity and other power requirements.

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