CONVENTIONAL Vs NON CONVENTIONAL

POWER GENERATION
 Definition of Conventional Sources of
Energy
• Conventional sources of energy are the
natural energy resources which are regularly
used for many years and are accepted as fuel
to produce heat, light, food and electricity.
• The energy sources include firewood, fossil
fuels, cow dung cake etc. Of these sources,
fossil fuel is the greatest conventional source,
wherein fossil implies the remains of plants
and animals, that got buried under the earth
and transformed into rocks over the years.
 Definition of Conventional Sources of
Energy
• These fossil fuels are coal, oil (petroleum), and
natural gas.
• Conventional sources of energy are generally
non-renewable sources of energy as the
accumulation or creation of conventional
sources of energy takes years, once they are
exploited or consumed. As these sources are
used on a large scale, the reserves have been
depleted, and their alternative is hard to find.
Definition of Non-Conventional Sources of
Energy

• An alternative to conventional sources of

energy is the non-conventional sources of
energy, that achieved popularity in recent
years, after the oil crisis in 1973 and since
then they are in use on a large scale. The
energy can be obtained from various sources
such as the sun, wind, biological wastes, hot
springs, tides, etc. to generate heat and
power.
 Definition of Non-Conventional
Sources of Energy
• These are not only renewable sources of
energy but are also pollution free. These
sources are present in abundance in nature,
and they are constantly generated, so it
cannot be exhausted easily, and used again
and again.
 Overviewof renewableenergysources
Renewable Energy Sources

Geothermal
SolarEnergy Wind Energy Hydro Energy BioEnergy Marine Energy
Energy

Bio Energy for

Convective
SolarPV Onshore Run of the river electricityand Waves
System
heat

Concentrating Conductive
Offshore Reservoir BioFuel Tidal Range
Solar Power system

DeepAquifer
SolarHeating PumpStorage Tidal Current
System

Ocean Current

OceanThermal

Salinity gradient
 BASIS FOR CONVENTIONAL NON-
COMPARISON SOURCES OF CONVENTIONAL
ENERGY SOURCES OF
ENERGY
Conventional sources of Non-conventional sources
MEANING energy are the sources that of energy refers to the
are commonly in use since sources that are identified
long time. few decades ago.
They can be exhausted due They cannot be exhausted.
EXHAUSTIBLE to over consumption.
They pollute environment, They are environment
POLLUTION on a large scale and adds friendly sources, which
to global warming. does not causes pollution.
They are primarily used for They are mainly used for
USE industrial and commercial domestic purposes.
purposes.
Costly. Comparatively less
EXPENSE expensive.
• With the rapid industrialization and growth in
population, the demand for energy is
increasing continuously.
• To meet out this demand for energy, the
conventional sources are not enough as their
quantity is limited and can be expired one day.
• In this way, non-conventional resources
reduce the dependency on conventional
resources.