The world today has an even greater increase in its need for energy. This is due mainly to the rapid growth of population, which has more than doubled in the last 50 years. This has caused a strain on our energy source, which has led to an increase in energy prices as well as sscarcities in a lot of parts of the globe. Conventional energy supplies such as petroleum and gas are said to have been dwindling drastically and has the possibility of running out totally in the future. This has influenced a lot of people to search for alternative energy sources an example of which is renewable energy. The idea of renewable energy is not new.