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Energy Efficiency And Renewable Energy Revolution

Subject : science
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion






2. Stores hydrogen above or below ground - very expensive






3. Use of passive solar energy and solar cells






4. Department of Energy






5. Corporate Average Fuel Economy






6. Organic material that can be used as fuels






7. Collect and transform radiant energy from the sun into thermal energy that can be converted to electricity






8. Use bowls basically to store sunlight






9. Started at the end of the Age of Oil






10. Corporate Average Fuel Economy






11. Energy from heat contained in underground rocks






12. Collect and transform radiant energy from the sun into thermal energy that can be converted to electricity






13. Department of Energy






14. Initial cost plus lifetime opperating cost






15. Distributed reciever system with sunlight collected and focused on pipes






16. Collectors absorb energy and a fan or pump supplies part of the building's space heating






17. Energy of the entire delivery process - determined by efficiency of each step of the procedure






18. Steam with no water droplets






19. Low dam is built across a stream






20. The percentage of total input into a conversion device or system that does useful work and is not converted to useless heat






21. 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






22. Absorbs and stores heat from the sun directly within a structure. Example is greenhouse






23. Distributed reciever system with sunlight collected and focused on pipes






24. Absorbs and stores heat from the sun directly within a structure. Example is greenhouse






25. Organic material that can be used as fuels






26. Initial cost plus lifetime opperating cost






27. Started at the end of the Age of Oil






28. Produces hydrogen by using chemical processes and high temperatures to seperate hydrogen atoms from carbon






29. Energy from heat contained in underground rocks






30. Dam is built across a large river to create a resevoir - uses turbines






31. Pumps using surplus electricity from a powerplant pump water from one lake to another






32. Combined heat and power CHP - two useful materials are produced from the same fuel source.






33. Photovoltaic cells - or solar cells. Transparent wafer with a semiconductor material hanging and creates an electrical current






34. Energy efficient smaller technology to be used in every day life






35. Produces hydrogen by using chemical processes and high temperatures to seperate hydrogen atoms from carbon






36. Homes with walls made of bales covered with plaster or adobe






37. Collectors absorb energy and a fan or pump supplies part of the building's space heating






38. Use of passive solar energy and solar cells






39. Low dam is built across a stream






40. 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






41. Central retriever system that uses mirrors to collect heat






42. Energy efficient smaller technology to be used in every day life






43. The percentage of total input into a conversion device or system that does useful work and is not converted to useless heat






44. Photovoltaic cells - or solar cells. Transparent wafer with a semiconductor material hanging and creates an electrical current






45. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion






46. Stores hydrogen above or below ground - very expensive






47. Energy of the entire delivery process - determined by efficiency of each step of the procedure






48. Mixture of steam and water droplets






49. Mixture of steam and water droplets






50. Steam with no water droplets