Mineral and Power Resources Test - 4

Tidal energy uses gravitational pull of Earth, moon and sun to produce energy where as a wave energy uses kinetic forces of waves to generate electricity. The tides at shorelines of oceans will rise and fall about twice a day. 

Wind is a beneficial resource because it is a no-emissions energy source, so it produces no air or water pollution. Its operational costs are pretty low as wind is free. Wind energy is very efficient. Wind power is considered as a renewable energy resource. This means that the power generated from wind is replenished by the environment over relatively short periods of time.

Kinetic energy,

Solar energy is the energy derived from sun’s heat and light. It is an important source of renewable energy. Direct Solar energy is used for Water heating, Distillation, Drying, solar thermal energy, solar architecture, molten salt power plants, artificial photosynthesis etc.

Panna (Madhya Pradesh) is famous for its diamond mines. Panna is located in the north-eastern part of Madhya Pradesh with the headquarters at Panna town. Diamond mines in Panna are managed under the Diamond Mining Project of National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC Ltd) of Government of India. 

Gulf of Kutch.

Madhapur near Bhuj in Gujarat is the largest producer of solar energy.

India is a tropical country. It has enormous possibilities for tapping solar energy. Photovoltaic technology converts sunlight directly into electricity. Solar energy is fast becoming popular in rural and remote areas. Some big solar power plants are being established in different parts of India. 

Indonesia has significant energy resources, starting with oil – it has 22 billion barrels of conventional oil and gas reserves, of which about 4 billion are recoverable. That's the equivalent of about 10 years of oil production and 50 years of gas.

Renewable energy is used to describe energy sources that are replenished by natural processes on a sufficiently rapid time-scale so that they can be used by humans more or less indefinitely, provided the quantity taken per unit of time is not too great. Renewable energy is derived from natural processes that are replenished constantly. In its various forms, it derives directly from the sun, or from heat generated deep within the earth.

Energy generated from tides is called tidal energy. Tidal energy can be harnessed by building dams at narrow openings of the sea. During high tide the energy of the tides is used to turn the turbine installed in the dam to produce electricity. In India, the Gulf of Kachchh provides ideal conditions for utilising tidal energy.