Alternative Energy
Alternative energy refers to the wide umbrella of power generation or directly burned fuels that avoid or reduce reliance on fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas, or gasoline. At this moment, where energy systems must be decarbonized to prevent climate change, where centralized power plants are increasingly seeing competition from generation distributed across the grid, and where new breakthroughs are enabling an energy evolution, more energy industry changes are taking place at a greater rate than ever before.
Creating energy through alternative sources such as wind, solar, hydrogen, nuclear, and other developments enable us to meet growing energy demand while cutting greenhouse gas emissions, improving grid reliability, and generating more affordable prices. Alternative energy also includes the supplementary technologies that further enable these new energy sources, such as energy storage, electric vehicles, carbon negative technologies, and grid modernization. The resultant diversified alternative energy mix reduces dependence on imported fuels, increases economic development, and enhances our planet’s overall quality.
