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