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Inside Tampa’s Alternative Energy Arena—How Solar and Wind Transforming The City’s Power Grid

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Do you want to make the earth a little bit greener&quest; If so then you can consider embracing alternative energy&period; Here is how solar and wind energy&&num;8212&semi;the two most popular alternative energy solutions&&num;8212&semi;can help you achieve your goal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The ever-increasing Carbon Dioxide contents of atmosphere are contributing to the phenomenon of global warming&period; One way we can offset the damaging effects of global warming is by finding alternatives to the existing energy generation technologies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The alternative energy is a form of clean energy that is produced using nature’s renewable resources&period; They help avoid the use of fossil fuels or nuclear power and   do not directly emit green <span style&equals;"text-decoration&colon; underline&semi;">house<&sol;span> gases&period; All the major sources of alternative energy&comma; namely solar&comma; wind&comma; hydro&comma; biofuel and geothermal energy get naturally replenished&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">With the advancements in technology&comma; various alternative energy solutions are becoming   commercially viable&period; Solar and wind energy in particular have become immensely popular across many high growth US markets such as Tampa&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1191" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;incrediblemag&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;03&sol;Solar-energy&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Inside Tampa’s Alternative Energy Arena—How Solar and Wind Transforming The City’s Power Grid" width&equals;"537" height&equals;"402" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Solar Energy&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">From generating electricity to handling all your family’s heating needs&comma; solar energy can be used for a number of purposes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Currently there are two dominant technologies to produce solar energy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&NewLine;<li><strong>Concentrated Solar&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Concentrated solar power or CSP technology leverages mirrors to generate solar energy&period; The mirrors help concentrate sun light in a large area&period; The light energy is then converted into heat energy&comma; which is used to run a steam turbine&comma; which generates electricity&period; CSP has emerged as a commercially viable solution and experienci<span style&equals;"line-height&colon; 1&period;5em&semi;">ng a rapid growth not only in the USA but across the globe&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&NewLine;<li><strong>Photovoltaic Solar&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">In this system&comma; solar photons are captured by Photovoltaic cells&period; Made of semiconductors&comma; Solar photovoltaic technologies help directly convert solar energy into electricity&period; PV solar energy is capable of adding large amounts of power to the existing electric grid&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Benefits of Solar Energy&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Solar energy is hundred -percent pollution free and does not emit greenhouse gases&period; With a host of innovative technologies out there&comma; it is possible to generate clean&comma; green and cheap electricity using solar energy&period; It is expected that with new emerging technologies&comma; it will be possible to harness electricity more efficiently&period; It is hoped that someday solar energy will be to meet majority of the world’s energy needs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Wind Energy&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Wind energy is generated by tapping the raw force of unobstructed wind&period; Multiple wind turbines are erected over a vast area to generate huge amounts of electric power&period; As the wind blows&comma; it keeps the blades spinning&period; In case of wind energy&comma; motion is converted into electricity with the help of generator&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Benefits of Wind Energy&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Wind energy has been around for thousands of years&period; Today wind energy is viewed one of the most promising green energy solution&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&NewLine;<li>With diminishing costs of wind&comma; wind energy is becoming increasingly cheaper and wind energy markets are fast proliferating across the USA&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>According to some estimates&comma; the higher capacity wind turbines are capable of generating enough clean electricity to power 600 US homes&period; Even the comparatively smaller turbines can help meet the electricity needs of small <strong>homes<&sol;strong> and small size commercial establishments&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>One of the greatest benefits with wind energy is&colon; operational costs gradually diminish after the successful erection of the turbines&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Another exciting part of wind energy is&colon; wind energy generation is a completely water-less process&period; As such&comma; it can help save a huge amount of water resources of a country&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Tampa happens to be one of the few US cities that enjoy sunny weather throughout the year&period; Then&comma; there is no dearth of windy locations in the city&period;  With abundance of sunshine and consistent wind flow&comma; Tampa could well be the USA’s next hot alternative energy destination&period; In fact alternative energy markets in Tampa are fast expanding&period; With Tampa people becoming increasingly aware of the advantages of switching to clean and green energies&comma; it seems that&comma; it is only a matter of time when the region’s power grid will incorporate more renewable energy choices&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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