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