Essays on Energy

The demand for solar photovoltaic energy has been growing immensely in recent years. In the year 2017 alone, the global statistics reveal that the worldwide demand for solar PV was at 85 gigawatts (Statista.com, 2018). By 2015, the solar energy industry recorded market revenue of $86 billion, and by 2022...

Energy Security in Australia: Achieving Sustainability Through System Thinking Energy plays a crucial role in human beings' lives because it helps them to carry out the activities that affect their day to day lives such as manufacturing of goods. For the aforementioned reason, ensuring that the supply of energy is stable...

Advantages of a Monopoly As a result of price discrimination, the monopoly may lower prices for certain consumers in certain segments. Overall, this will be beneficial to the target client thereby increasing consumer welfare (Grant, 2000). If these reduced prices expand the demand, then there is likely to be an increase...

Natural gas industry falls within the Utility sector of the United States. The industry provides natural gas distribution services and trading in natural gas as a commodity. The components of the market are establishments that fundamentally operate gas distribution systems such as mains and meters. Gas markets that buy gas...

Crude oil is one of the natural fossil fuels that is mined from the beneath the surface of the earth that originates from the geological formations. In the extraction process, machines are used to drill the sedentary rocks to the basin where these deposits are. It is needless to mention...

In the last two decades, after the collapse of the oil market in 1998, there have been significant fluctuations in the global oil prices. Oil is a commodity and thus is expected to have changes in price as it is affected by the law of supply and demand. However, the...

Ionization Energy Ionization energy can be defined as the amount of energy that can be used to remove an electron from the outermost energy level of an atom in a gaseous state. IE usually depends on the number of valent electrons possessed by an element. We have the first IE which...

Ionization Energy Ionization energy refers to the minimum amount of energy that is needed when removing an electron from the outermost energy level of an atom to form a cation. The element in question must be in the gaseous state (Ash, 2005, 70). It is also defined as the minimum amount...

The Organizational Culture and Structure of Siemens Energy The organizational culture and structure of every company help to interpret the beliefs, values, artifacts, and norms of the business. The culture and structure of the Siemens energy company determine the factors that attribute to success. Culture is vital in defining the firm’s...

The primary objective of the current essay was to explore viable mechanisms through which the United States could reduce its dependence on fossil fuels. The discussion was informed by environmental and economic concerns and the fact that fossil fuels were finite resources. According to the Hubert peak theory (Maggio...

Introduction Throughout the life of Mankind, man has been using fossil fuels in meeting his energy requirements. Oil, natural gas, and coal have for many years powered machines and lit homes, driving civilization forward. But as development continues to accelerate, the unsustainability of such forms of energy is becoming apparent. The...

The Action Plan and Considerations The action to be taken by the company will depend on the short and long term impact on productivity, the perception of the people, and demand in the market. The action plan will highly consider the ethical and legal consequences to ensure a rational decision is...