RENEWABLE AND NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES: BIO-ENERGY AND BIO-FUEL

Energy is at the heart of the world‘s most important economic, environmental, and development
issues. The challenges that the global community and national governments face as a result of energy
security, climate change, health impacts, and poverty make it critical to green the energy sector.
Shifting to green energy is expected to play a critical role in addressing some of the world's most
pressing contemporary challenges. Renewable energy is derived from natural processes that require
effort and passion. Renewable energy can be used to totally substitute for fossil fuels in 4 regions:
heating and cooling of air and water, electricity production, motor fuels, and rural (off-grid) energy
services. The current chapter will discuss various renewable energy resources and technologies, as
well as their environmental consequences, production and marketing challenges, and opportunities.
Nonrenewable energy resources (also known as exhaustible resources) are those that do not renew
themselves at a sufficient rate to allow for long-term economic extraction in meaningful human time
frames. Humans' primary energy source at the moment is nonrenewable fossil fuels. The continued
use of fossil fuels at the current rate is thought to contribute to global warming and rapidly
deteriorating environmental issues. This section will discuss various nonrenewable energy resources,
their current state, potential consequences, and future prospects. Bio-energy is a type of renewable
energy derived from biomass. Solar energy exists in biomass as chemical energy. As a fuel, it may
contain straw, sugarcane, wood, wood waste, manure and a variety of new agricultural breakdown
products. This section will outline various types of bio-energy, processes for converting biomass into
bio-energy, current status, and future opportunities.