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