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