Renewable energy history

Renewable energy history

1. Based on each of the renewable energies that exist, you can develop and understand the story

   • Types
     • Solar thermal
       • Since ancient times, artifacts capable of making useful use of solar radiation have been invented and some of the first were the Greeks and Romans already in the 3rd century BC.
       • A fundamental fact in the history of solar thermal energy originated in Switzerland, Horace de Saussure in the year of (1767) when he invented what was called Hot Box
       • From this invention came the development of flat plate solar water heaters
     • Solar photovoltaic
       • Alexandre Edmond Becquerel discovered the photovoltaic effect in 1938
       • It consists of the direct transformation of light into electricity using a semiconductor
       • In 1877 William Grylls Adams created the first selenium photovoltaic cell.
         • In 1953 Gerald Pearson of Bell Laboratories patented the first photovoltaic cell
     • Wind power
       • This type of energy is one of the oldest used by humanity. Since the 2nd century BC.
         • In China, men used windmills to grind grain or pump water.
           • At the end of the 19th century, the first wind turbines were based on the shape and function of windmills.
             • In 1981 the wind turbine was created, reducing the production costs of this energ
     • Geothermal
       • In the 19th century, this type of energy began to be used industrially with the technological advances of this time
         • The founder of the geothermal industry was the Frenchman Francois Larderel
           • Larderel used the liquids in an evaporation process instead of burning the wood and in this way, he started what we know today as geothermal energy
     • Biomass
       • It is the oldest form of energy exploited by humanity, basically the branches and trunks of trees that when burned produced light and heat
       • Biomass is basically produced in rural areas; hence the development of this energy source can help boost economic development and job creation in these areas
     • Hydraulics
       • The first hydroelectric power station was built in Northumberland, United Kingdom, in the year (1880) and a year later the energy from Niagara Falls began to be used to power public lighting
         • This energy source had a rapid growth due to the technical development experienced in the late (XIX) and early (XX) centuries, especially with regard to the invention of the electric generator and the improvement of hydraulic turbines
           • According to UNESCO, between the years (1995) and (2010), the production of hydroelectric energy will have grown by (65%) worldwide, this increase being especially sharp in the countries of Latin America, Asia and Africa