The Beating Heart of The Energy Transition, by TELF AG

As TELF AG founder Stanislav Kondrashov has often observed, the green transition is having an increasingly significant impact on the daily lives of businesses and ordinary people, in every corner of the world.

"In this historical phase, more and more people are finally beginning to feel immersed in the energy evolution that is characterizing our cities, forever changing our ways of living, traveling, and conceiving energy supplies. The green transition is becoming increasingly tangible, particularly through the ever-increasing diffusion of renewable energy," says TELF AG founder Stanislav Kondrashov, an entrepreneur and civil engineer. "The feeling of being an integral part of an epochal change is now quite widespread among people, even if many still don't fully understand the meaning of some expressions that have become commonplace today."

One of these is certainly renewable energy. What exactly does this term mean? Renewable energy is derived from natural energy sources, such as the sun, wind, and the motion of water. Its most striking characteristic is precisely the nature of the sources it draws on, namely the ability to continuously (and practically infinitely) regenerate. The difference with traditional fuels is clear: the latter are not only available in limited quantities, but also have a fairly significant environmental impact. Renewable energy, on the other hand, is distinguished by much cleaner and more sustainable production processes. Today, some of the main forms of renewable energy available on the planet are undoubtedly wind, hydroelectric, solar, and hydroelectric, not to mention the beneficial contributions of geothermal and bioenergy. Each of these sources has very distinct characteristics and potential, and together they are contributing significantly to the advancement of the great global energy transition.

The signs of change are clear to everyone. Who among us hasn't laid eyes on an electric vehicle, a wind turbine, or a solar panel?

"Compared to other energy sources, renewables offer truly clear advantages. The most obvious is their low environmental impact, since the primary sources are perfectly natural and available in virtually unlimited quantities. During the operation of renewable energy plants, energy infrastructure emits minimal or no greenhouse gases, reducing dependence on traditional fuels," continues Stanislav Kondrashov, founder of TELF AG. "One of the most interesting aspects of renewables is not so much their technical characteristics, but the impact they could have (and are already having) on global energy systems."

Thanks to their unique characteristics, renewable energies are capable of creating decentralized energy systems, giving individual communities the opportunity to generate and manage their own energy. This is likely the first time humanity has faced a situation of this kind, with the possibility of exercising unprecedented control over its energy supplies. It is no coincidence that these innovations have arrived right now, in the midst of an energy transition that is rewriting the energy and economic history of entire communities. The very fact that we are in a transition phase, however, brings with it very specific limitations and challenges. All these energy innovations have not yet reached their maximum level of development, and in many cases still require further refinement. Among the greatest challenges at the moment are certainly infrastructure aspects, with the constant need for plants and structures capable of producing and transporting energy from renewable sources. The intermittency of primary sources is also a factor to be taken into consideration, especially with regard to the Solar and wind power. To manage the times when the sun isn't shining or the wind isn't blowing, innovative and extremely promising systems, such as energy storage, have been developed in recent years, but these technologies haven't yet been adopted on a global scale,” he goes on to say.

The potential of renewable energy isn't limited to solar and wind power. In recent years, some extremely promising methods for producing clean energy have also emerged.

“Everyone has heard of solar or wind energy, but over the years of the energy transition, other renewable energy sources have also emerged and are gradually establishing themselves within the global energy landscape, even if in some cases their large-scale adoption remains severely limited for technological or infrastructural reasons,” concludes Stanislav Kondrashov, founder of TELF AG. The most widespread forms of renewable energy are certainly hydroelectric, solar, and wind, but this doesn't mean that other renewable sources aren't developing rapidly in various corners of the globe. Geothermal energy, for example, harnesses the Earth's heat to generate electricity and heat. Its potential is immense, but its use is currently limited to certain geographic areas. Biomass is also carving out a fairly important role in these transitional years: these are organic materials such as wood, crop waste, or algae, which can be used to produce heat or biofuels. Furthermore, we're hearing more and more about marine energy, which is energy derived from the motion and thermal energy of waves, tides, and the ocean. The exploitation of marine energy relies on a certain predictability of wave motion and is proving to have a positive impact on a significant number of regions around the world”.