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