Understanding

Renewable
Energy Resources
Engr. Lester Alfred M. Olasiman
What is Renewable Energy?
• A renewable resource is a natural resources which will replenish to
replace the portion depleted by usage and consumption, either
through natural reproduction or other recurring processes in a finite
amount of time in a human time scale.
• Renewable resources are a part of Earth's natural environment and
the largest components of its ecosphere. A positive life cycle
assessment is a key indicator of a resource's sustainability.
What is Sustainable Energy?
• Sustainable energy is a form of energy that meet our today's demand
of energy without putting them in danger of getting expired or
depleted and can be used over and over again.

• Sustainable energy does not include any sources that are derived
from fossil fuels or waste products.
What is Sustainable Energy?
• There are many forms of sustainable energy sources that can be
incorporated by countries to stop the use of fossil fuels. Sustainable
energy does not include any sources that are derived from fossil fuels
or waste products.
• This energy is replenishable and helps us to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions and causes no damage to the environment. If we are going
to use fossil fuels at a steady rate, they will expire soon and cause
adverse affect to our planet
Renewable Energy
1. Solar
2. Wind
3. Geothermal
4. Biomass/Biofuel
5. Wave/ Ocean Current
6. Ocean thermal
Solar Energy

• Solar Energy is the best form of sustainable energy.

This energy manifests itself in tow forms. There is the
light and the heat. Both of these forms are equally
important to us in our day to day living and other
forms of life.
• For instance, the plants need the light to grow and
generate food while man needs the heat energy to
maintain body temperature and power their homes
and industries.
• This means that it is the greatest form of sustainable
energy. It can be used two folds with greater results
as needed. This only serves to generate confidence
and ensure that we live the way we intended without
causing further harm to the environment.
Wind Energy

• Wind is a sustainable energy source. It is available

naturally and can be tapped to produce vast amounts
of power that can be used in many ways and places.
• For instance, sailors tap this energy to help the ship
propel through its various directions to distant shores
for trading. Nowadays, this energy sources is being
commercialized.
• There are many companies that have invested heavily
on power grids and windmills to tap into this energy
source. The energy generated can be sold to other
people to power their homes and industries.
• In the near future, sustainable energy like wind power
will be a big industry and the fossil fuels exploration
will have halted and no longer being used.
Geothermal Energy

• Geothermal Energy allows us fetch the energy from beneath

the earth. This occurs by installing geothermal power
stations that can use heat coming out from inside the earth
and use it to generate electricity.
• The temperature below the earth around 10,000 meters is
so high that it can used to boil water. Geothermal energy
cannot be harnessed everywhere as high temperature is
needed to produce steam that could move turbines.
• It can be harnessed in those areas that have high seismic
activity and are prone to volcanoes. They are environment
friendly and can produce energy throughout the day but
their ability to produce energy at suitable regions restricts
us from using it on a much wider scale.
Ocean Energy

• There is massive size of oceans in this world. About

70% of the earth is covered with water. The potential
that ocean energy has to generate power is much
higher than any other source of energy.
• This sustainable energy allows us to harness it in 3
ways such as wave ,tidal or ocean thermal energy
conversion (OTEC).
• Tides have immense power which when effectively
tapped can generate a lot of energy and can be used
to power millions of homes.
• Waves produced at the oceans can be used by ocean
thermal plants to convert the kinetic energy in waves
to mechanical energy of turbines which can again
converted to electrical energy through generators.
Biomass Energy

• Biomass energy is produced by burning of wood,

timber, landfills and municipal and agricultural
waste. It is completely renewable and does not
produce harmful gases like carbon dioxide which is
primarily responsible for increase in global
warming.
• Although, carbon dioxide is produced by burning
these products but that is equally compensated
when plants take this carbon dioxide and produce
oxygen. It also helps to reduce landfills but are not
as effective as fossil fuels.
Hydro Electric Energy

• On the other hand, there are the rivers or

waterfalls whose energy of the moving water is
captured that can turn turbines to generate power.
This is commonly known as hydro electric power
• It is very common nowadays and it is powering
most parts of the world and one of the biggest
form of alternative energy currently being used.
There are many companies and countries that are
exporting this energy to other countries who
unable to harness it on their own due to lack of the
necessary resources or conditions.
Renewable Energy in
Philippines
Renewable Energy in Philippines
• The Philippines is a net fossil energy importer and depends heavily on
imports of oil for transport, and coal for power generation. On
average, nearly half the country’s primary energy supply is imported.
In addition, due to its geographical location, the country’s energy
infrastructure is frequently exposed to tropical storms.
• At the same time, strong power grid interconnections with other
countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as
part of the proposed ASEAN Power Grid may not be realized in the
near future.
• In 2011, the Philippines set an ambitious renewable energy target to
raise installed generation capacity by 2030 to almost three times its
2010 level i.e. from 5,438 megawatts (MW) to 15,304 MW. This was
established in the National Renewable Energy Program (NREP), which
serves as the blueprint for the implementation of the Renewable
Energy Act of 2008.
• This has put the country on a course to meet half its electricity
demand with renewables and thus to strengthen energy security. At
the same time, this would reduce electricity tariffs in remote areas
and islands.
Renewable Energy Act
• The Philippines Renewable Energy Act was considered the first in
Southeast Asia to act as comprehensive legislation on renewable
energy.
• The primary goal of the act is to achieve energy self-reliance through
the accelerated exploration and development of renewable energy
resources. To attain this objective, the Renewable Energy Act offers
various fiscal and non-fiscal incentives to private sector investors,
renewable energy equipment manufacturers and suppliers, and
renewable energy project developers.
R. A. No. 9513: The Renewable Energy Act of
2008
• Accelerate the exploration and development of renewable energy
resources
• Achieve energy self-reliance
• To reduce the country’s dependence on fossil fuels.
• minimize the country’s exposure to price fluctuations.
• Adoption of clean energy to mitigate climate change.
• Promote socio-economic development in rural areas.
• Increase the utilization of renewable energy by providing fiscal and
non fiscal incentives;
Renewable Energy Act
• This key department of the government was created in 1992 pursuant
to RA No. 7638, also
• known as Department of Energy Act of 1992. It is responsible for
preparing, integrating, coordinating, supervising and controlling all
plans, programmed, projects and activities of the Government of the
Philippines relative to energy exploration, development, utilization,
distribution and conservation (Department of Energy, n.d.).
• Since the Philippines is both in the
tropical region and the Pacific
“Ring of Fire”, biomass and
geothermal energy contributed
about 12% and 20% respectively to
TPES in 2015.
• The Philippines produces the
greatest amount of geothermal
electricity in the world while the
majority of biomass is consumed
in traditional ways. The other
renewables represent about 8% of
TPES, including hydropower, solar
and wind.4
Installed electricity generating capacity in the
Philippines
Electricity consumption by sector in the
Philippines
Summary Renewable Energy Projects Registered
under RE Law (as of June 2016 DOE)