Review of Uncommon Power Generation Methods

Abstract

Fossil fuel shortage is a common problem in every country. Day by day it going to discreet also fuel prices going to increase. When burning fossil fuels have made a few problems. The main problem is environmental pollution. Considering the current rate of usage of fossil fuels will let its life up to the next five decades only. Most countries referred to the use of renewable energy. Wind power, Solar power, sea wave power, Hydropower, and Geothermal heat are a few of the renewable energy they have used. Also, few countries have used nuclear power plants, charcoal power plants, and diesel power plants. But when using charcoal or diesel power plants, it has to spend a lot of money on one unit of electricity. Nuclear power plants are not suitable for small countries like Sri Lanka. In history, the most powerful kingdoms had used uncommon and hidden power for their living area. The main objective is this review paper is to identify uncommon power generation methods and weaknesses of the existing renewable power generation system and To what extent are these suitable for Sri Lanka. Performance analysis has been carried out in this study along with the literature review.