Types of Renewable and Low Carbon Energy Technologies

Whilst the technologies in this policy area continue to emerge and advance, the main sources of renewable and low carbon energy are wind, sun (solar photovoltaic/thermal energy), moving water (hydropower), heat extracted from the air, ground, and water (including geothermal energy), biomass (wood, biodegradable waste, and energy crops such as for use in an Anaerobic Digester). In addition to developments which generate renewable energy from these sources there are also emerging and advancing technologies that can help enhance the renewable energy development's contribution, such as electricity support technologies and energy storage systems (examples include synchronous compensators and battery energy storage systems (BESS).