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