Status and Trends of Renewable Energy Harvesting

Abstract:

With advances in technology, Internet of things have been all over every aspect of our lives, renewable energy harvesting technologies will provide a better solution for the power supply of wireless sensors. This article outlines a variety of renewable energy, renewable energy equipment already, the advantages and disadvantages of renewable energy in the environment. Effective use of renewable energy will be the future hot research of energy development.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 672-674)
• Pages: 422-426
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.672-674.422
• Online since: October 2014
• Authors: Yu Wei Zou*, Wei Huan Ji, Ying Jun Sang
• Keywords: Harvesting, Renewable Energy, Wireless Sensor

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