Problems Facing Power and Energy Production

The problems facing the process of power and energy harnessing

1. Changing climatic conditions: Drought leads to rainfall scarcity and hence a drop in the volume of water in rivers. This problem affects the production of hydroelectric power and is one of the factors leading to low energy production in most parts of the world, especially in the least developed countries.
2. Lack of capital: Energy and power production needs heavy investments in infrastructure, labor and technology. All these investments require a great deal of capital.
3. Lack of diverse energy sources in respective countries: Most counties have very few energy resources from which to extract power and energy. Worse still, some do not have a single energy resource, so they have to import the resources or power.
4. Poor technology and lack of skilled personnel: Many developing countries lack the technology required to establish energy extraction infrastructures and the skilled personnel needed to perform that function.
5. High prices: High prices for energy resources hinder energy and power output in most countries that have to import these resources from other countries. Oil is used for energy production.
6. Environment pollution: Energy and power exploitation is sometimes accompanied with the emission of harmful gases that pollute the environment. Coal burning, for example, releases tremendous quantities of carbon dioxide gas into the atmosphere.
7. Siltation: Accumulation of silt in dams used for generation of hydroelectric power reduces the volume of water in dams, hence resulting to low power generation.

Ways of addressing power and energy harnessing

1. The silt accumulating in dams should be dredged regularly in order to keep the volume of water constant. This will maintain the capacity of energy and power generation.
2. Any form of environmental pollution likely to cause global warming and reduction in amount of rainfall should be avoided.
3. Countries should diversify their energy generation sources in order to escape the effects caused by such problems as escalating oil prices and climate change.
4. Developing countries should phase out the old energy, power generation technologies, and instead adopt the new ones to cope with technological advancements to ensure that their energy generation is efficient and highly productive.
5. Research should be carried out often in order to improve energy and power production, as well as come up with new production methods.
6. The governments should train their people the courses related to energy and power generation at schools, colleges, and universities to make them professionally competent in the field of energy and power generation.
7. Countries should set aside enough funds to be used for energy and power generation because success in this sector can boost the growth and development of other sectors.