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Energy Efficiency And Renewable Energy Revolution
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Pumps using surplus electricity from a powerplant pump water from one lake to another
Pumped Storage hydropower
Fuel Cell
PV
Passive Solar Heating System
2. Steam with no water droplets
Passive Solar Heating System
Geothermal
Dry Steam
Life cycle cost
3. Distributed reciever system with sunlight collected and focused on pipes
Passive Solar Heating System
Micropower systems
Strawbale houses
Solar Thermal plant
4. Collect and transform radiant energy from the sun into thermal energy that can be converted to electricity
Compressed gas storage tanks
OTEC
Life cycle cost
Solar Thermal Systems
5. Use of passive solar energy and solar cells
OTEC
Green design
Net Energy Efficiency
Geothermal
6. Stores hydrogen above or below ground - very expensive
Net Energy Efficiency
Compressed gas storage tanks
Biofuels
Solar Thermal plant
7. Mixture of steam and water droplets
CAFE
Life cycle cost
We steam
Dry Steam
8. Combined heat and power CHP - two useful materials are produced from the same fuel source.
Energy Efficiency
Cogeneration
Geothermal
Pumped Storage hydropower
9. Homes with walls made of bales covered with plaster or adobe
CAFE
Strawbale houses
Fuel Cell
Passive Solar Heating System
10. Dam is built across a large river to create a resevoir - uses turbines
Solar Thermal Systems
CAFE
Large scale hydropower
DOE
11. Organic material that can be used as fuels
Life cycle cost
Biofuels
Geothermal
Cogeneration
12. Corporate Average Fuel Economy
CAFE
Pumped Storage hydropower
Energy Efficiency
Small scale hydropower
13. Dam is built across a large river to create a resevoir - uses turbines
Large scale hydropower
solar-hydrogen revolution
Life cycle cost
Compressed gas storage tanks
14. The percentage of total input into a conversion device or system that does useful work and is not converted to useless heat
OTEC
Energy Efficiency
solar-hydrogen revolution
Parabolic Dish Collectors
15. Mixture of steam and water droplets
We steam
Passive Solar Heating System
Fuel Cell
Small scale hydropower
16. Collectors absorb energy and a fan or pump supplies part of the building's space heating
Life cycle cost
Solar Thermal Systems
PV
Active Solar Heating System
17. Department of Energy
DOE
solar-hydrogen revolution
Energy Efficiency
Geothermal
18. Distributed reciever system with sunlight collected and focused on pipes
Solar Thermal plant
Fuel Cell
Biofuels
Large scale hydropower
19. Combined heat and power CHP - two useful materials are produced from the same fuel source.
We steam
Biofuels
Small scale hydropower
Cogeneration
20. Use bowls basically to store sunlight
PV
We steam
CAFE
Parabolic Dish Collectors
21. Energy efficient smaller technology to be used in every day life
Active Solar Heating System
Micropower systems
Large scale hydropower
Parabolic Dish Collectors
22. Pumps using surplus electricity from a powerplant pump water from one lake to another
Active Solar Heating System
Reforming
Solar Thermal Systems
Pumped Storage hydropower
23. Photovoltaic cells - or solar cells. Transparent wafer with a semiconductor material hanging and creates an electrical current
solar-hydrogen revolution
DOE
PV
Solar Thermal Systems
24. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
Reforming
Energy Efficiency
Cogeneration
OTEC
25. Photovoltaic cells - or solar cells. Transparent wafer with a semiconductor material hanging and creates an electrical current
Reforming
solar-hydrogen revolution
PV
Strawbale houses
26. Energy of the entire delivery process - determined by efficiency of each step of the procedure
Net Energy Efficiency
Small scale hydropower
Power tower
Large scale hydropower
27. Energy from heat contained in underground rocks
Reforming
Parabolic Dish Collectors
Small scale hydropower
Geothermal
28. Energy of the entire delivery process - determined by efficiency of each step of the procedure
Cogeneration
Net Energy Efficiency
solar-hydrogen revolution
CAFE
29. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
Active Solar Heating System
OTEC
Solar Thermal Systems
Solar Thermal plant
30. Energy efficient smaller technology to be used in every day life
Fuel Cell
Micropower systems
Green design
Fuel Cell
31. Where hydrogen and oxygen are combined to produce electrical currents - have no moving parts - are quiet - only emit water or heat - and are more reliable
Strawbale houses
Fuel Cell
Parabolic Dish Collectors
Dry Steam
32. Low dam is built across a stream
Small scale hydropower
Biofuels
Large scale hydropower
Energy Efficiency
33. Collectors absorb energy and a fan or pump supplies part of the building's space heating
Dry Steam
Dry Steam
Active Solar Heating System
OTEC
34. Absorbs and stores heat from the sun directly within a structure. Example is greenhouse
Energy Efficiency
Passive Solar Heating System
Solar Thermal plant
Small scale hydropower
35. Central retriever system that uses mirrors to collect heat
Strawbale houses
solar-hydrogen revolution
Power tower
Strawbale houses
36. Initial cost plus lifetime opperating cost
Life cycle cost
Energy Efficiency
Active Solar Heating System
Small scale hydropower
37. Started at the end of the Age of Oil
Large scale hydropower
solar-hydrogen revolution
Dry Steam
CAFE
38. Use bowls basically to store sunlight
Cogeneration
Parabolic Dish Collectors
Biofuels
Small scale hydropower
39. Central retriever system that uses mirrors to collect heat
solar-hydrogen revolution
Energy Efficiency
Dry Steam
Power tower
40. Corporate Average Fuel Economy
CAFE
Green design
We steam
Active Solar Heating System
41. Energy from heat contained in underground rocks
Power tower
Fuel Cell
Geothermal
Strawbale houses
42. Produces hydrogen by using chemical processes and high temperatures to seperate hydrogen atoms from carbon
Fuel Cell
CAFE
Reforming
Green design
43. Where hydrogen and oxygen are combined to produce electrical currents - have no moving parts - are quiet - only emit water or heat - and are more reliable
Fuel Cell
solar-hydrogen revolution
OTEC
Biofuels
44. Homes with walls made of bales covered with plaster or adobe
Cogeneration
Pumped Storage hydropower
Solar Thermal Systems
Strawbale houses
45. Department of Energy
Solar Thermal plant
CAFE
DOE
Small scale hydropower
46. The percentage of total input into a conversion device or system that does useful work and is not converted to useless heat
Life cycle cost
Small scale hydropower
Micropower systems
Energy Efficiency
47. Low dam is built across a stream
Dry Steam
Solar Thermal Systems
Small scale hydropower
Biofuels
48. Organic material that can be used as fuels
Biofuels
OTEC
Solar Thermal plant
Strawbale houses
49. Absorbs and stores heat from the sun directly within a structure. Example is greenhouse
Reforming
Power tower
Passive Solar Heating System
Solar Thermal plant
50. Started at the end of the Age of Oil
Net Energy Efficiency
DOE
solar-hydrogen revolution
Net Energy Efficiency