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