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