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