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