The future of energy, what awaits us?

nuclear fusion

Have you ever wondered what the future of energy awaits us in the future (not so distant). Think of fossil fuels as oil, coal or natural gas as the main source of energy is to imagine that the energy transition will never come.

However, in the near future, it will be renewable energies and other energy sources that will dominate the world. Among the renewable energies that will be most abundant is the solar, given that its environmental costs are lower and economic, although to a lesser extent, too. What technologies will help us supply the world with energy?

New forms of energy

Scientists work on how to improve power generation to replace fossil fuels. Non-polluting, abundant, low-cost, high-performance forms of energy. While waiting for the way to generate energy through nuclear fusion, the possibilities of photovoltaic generation are presented as the most viable alternative to minimize greenhouse gas emissions produced by fossil fuels.

In nuclear power plants, energy is created from nuclear fission. That is, the energy that is released when breaking molecules and separating atoms. However, on the other hand, nuclear fusion is found. In this process, atoms unite to form molecules, generating energy. This occurs naturally in the Sun, but too high temperatures are required for it to occur.

Energy possibilities

solar panels at home

The planet cannot bear that we continue to burn oil and gas at the maddening rate that we do today. Due to the large emissions of greenhouse gases that are discharged into the atmosphere, global warming is taking place that leads to a climate change which is causing devastating effects on the entire planet.

Currently, electricity consumers can generate their own energy or part of it, since we can choose between the different sources of renewable energy that exist and choose the one that best suits our needs and time. This is called distributive generation and refers to the possibility of producing electricity in the closest possible places to where that energy will be used.

This type of energy generation, which collides with the interests of large corporations and the tax collection efforts of some governments, is one of the most intelligent and useful possibilities to eliminate our current dependence on fossil fuels in the medium term.

Photovoltaic and wind energy they are the most efficient and the easiest to promote. This model, which is already beginning to be implemented in some parts of the world, has advantages such as avoiding the enormous costs generated by the production of energy in large plants, reducing energy losses in distribution systems and, above all, reducing the minimal environmental pollution.

The Internet of Things

solar energy

Today, thanks to the Internet of Things, all of our electronic devices and services are connected. This is a great boost for all users to be able to monitor and monitor their own electrical energy production as if it were their own power plant.

In our country we are used to turning on the light simply by pressing a switch. The ease with which we acquire light makes us forget that, for other countries and other people in the world, It is not so easy and that we are privileged. But this option of the distributive generation is also an extraordinary opportunity for the more than 1.200 million people in the world who still live without having access to a simple plug.

That is why we are trying to continue researching new sources of energy, since they will be able to overcome the energy gap of fossil fuels and in turn try to heal the wounds that we have inflicted on the planet. We must stop climate change and continue towards an energy transition where renewable energies prevail.


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  1.   rinze said

    A new way of generating energy through nuclear fusion is perhaps the melter SEM: charged rings and a relatively modest magnetic field, and the deuterium ions are confined (in the computer simulation). You just need to build a real experiment to see if it works.