Surge Protection For New Energy Production Sources

For many years there has been only one viable method of generating electricity for consumption by the public.  A fuel source had to be burned in order to generate heat and gasses which then turn turbines to produce an electrical charge.  This charge is processed and harnessed, then transported to customers through an electrical grid.  There are fixed costs involving the processing and transport, but the methods of actually turning the turbines remained relatively consistent.  The fuel source that had to be burned was generally a fossil fuel like coal, oil or wood which could be harvested from the earth in large quantities.  Although these fuel sources are limited, it was always assumed that by the time they started to run out some other fuel source would replace it.  This is an issue simply due to the ever increasing demand and the limited quantities of minerals and other fuel sources in the earth.  In addition to the obvious issues with this, there is the additional problem of pollution and by products being produced with an element is burned.  Due to these issues, clean energy production methods were invented.

Clean energy production methods use no fossil fuels in order to turn the turbines, instead harnessing the power of wind, flowing water or sunlight to accomplish the task.  The elements are not destroyed, but instead are simply harnessed and used for the purpose, ultimately creating a system that has unlimited free fuel sources and is cleaner because it produces no pollution.  The drawbacks to the system is the cost associated as well as the fact that the fuel sources are not always present, making it critical to keep the systems producing when the wind is blowing or the sun is shining, as well as minimizing the costs associated with equipment damage.  Repair and replacement of equipment makes up the majority of the production costs in the clean energy space, as high tech equipment is often damaged or destroyed in the field.  This comes due to frequent lightning strikes to components, producing damage at the strike point as well as overloading the attached equipment when the associated power surge travels along power lines.  The technical solution to the issue is the installation of advanced surge protection devices, and while these devices will currently reduce the amount of damage that is expected and keep systems online longer, they still can be further improved to work even more effectively.  Over time, these advanced SPDs will drive the costs of production of clean energy down beyond the costs of fossil fuel energy, producing power cleaner, more efficiently and cheaper across the board.  At that point there will be no reason to continue to produce energy using fossil fuels, and the world will be a cleaner and more inhabitable place by default.

Clean Energy Surge Protection

The space that is considered "alternative energy" is populated with companies who generate power for public consumption using methods which do not burn fossil fuels in order to achieve their goal.  The production of electricity needs the turning of turbines in order to generate the electrical charge which is then harnessed, stored and ultimately sold to the public through a connection to an electrical grid.  The turbines themselves are turned in a variety of methods, traditionally being that some fuel source is burned in order to produce heat and gas which causes them to turn.  The fuel sources that have traditionally been used are fossil fuels like coal, wood and oil due to their plentiful nature, however these sources of fuel are not without limit.  Every year mass consumption of power makes them more limited, and new and more extreme methods of mining them are necessary to satisfy demand.  In addition to this issue, burning of fossil fuels creates pollution and has a negative effect on the climate, ultimately making the earth and atmosphere dirtier and more difficult to deal with.  Solutions as to methods of generating power that are cleaner and cheaper lead to the discovery of clean energy production methods, which ultimately solve these issues and remain completely sustainable because they are not destroyed in the process.

Clean energy production is cleaner and without the negative atmospheric effects that fossil fuel production methods have.  The two drawbacks to clean energy production methods is that they only work when the fuel source is present, as in when the wind is blowing, and they typically are more expensive due to ongoing damage to the high tech control equipment used in the process.  This damage generally comes in the form of weather related damage, like lightning strikes to wind turbine blades.  The large expenses are usually not found in blade replacement, but the repair of equipment attached to the wind tower via electrical lines.  These computers are susceptible to power overloads, and sustain damage to circuitry if overloaded.  A lightning strike produces a power surge that does exactly that, causing not only damage to the components but shut down of the production systems during peak hours.  In order to bring production prices down, the damage must be minimized and systems kept online longer.

This task is accomplished through the installation of advanced surge protection devices for clean energy facilities, installed at critical points in the power chain.  Through the prevention of the surge from reaching the equipment used in the process, the expected repair and replacement costs drop and the systems stay online longer using free fuel to produce excess power.  As surge protection systems technologically advance further, we can expect prices to be driven down past the point of fossil fuel production, essentially eliminating it's necessity and replacing it.