Some Renewable Energy Calculations How many renewable energy
facilities covering how much area are required to meet the
electrical energy demand of the United States? The following
will identify some critical issues along with a possible
solution, while demonstrating that renewable energy resource
installations could be available to meet the required demand,
should sufficient will be exerted to actually install. One of
the major dilemmas facing the widespread implementation of
renewable energy resources is resolution of how to distribute
the newly installed resources. The existing grid is predicated
on the use of very large centralized generation sources, e.g.,
dams, power plants; while most renewable energy, e.g.,
photovoltaic, wind, is very conducive for distributed
generation. The existing very large generators are large in the
sense of the amount of power they produce per unit area.
Renewable sources require much more land area for a comparable
power production. A major benefit of this conundrum could be