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Renewable Energy
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Answer 45 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Environmental Impact - High startup cost - Low efficiency in some cases
Cons of Tidal Energy
tidal range
Cons of Solar Energy
VED
2. What country leads the world in wind energy generating?
anaerobic digestion
Geothermal Reservoirs
liquefied natural gas
Denmark
3. Just burning biomass
direct combustion
VED
lignite
California
4. Burning 'rubbish.'
solid waste
rance river estuary
Geothermal Reservoirs
gasification
5. Pockets of hot water or steam underground
Geothermal Reservoirs
secondary recovery
Pros of Tidal Energy
ethanol production
6. It's reliable and consistent - It gives off very little pollution - Lessen the burden of fossil fuels and nuclear energy!
Cons of Wind Energy
Pros of Tidal Energy
Tidal Energy
Resource
7. Air is heated from ground - warm air flows upward - cold air replaces it
Day Winds
Cons of Wind Energy
fuelwood
Cons of Solar Energy
8. Energy that can be obtained from movement of water due to gravitational pull of sun - moon - and Earth's rotation.
California
Tidal Energy
Pros of Tidal Energy
fuelwood
9. Same as pyrolysis BUT - more heat and less gas
acid mine drainage
gasification
Tidal Energy
pellesting
10. Bacteria breaks biomass down without oxygen with product mixed gas. LFG's
pellesting
Night Winds
cogenerization
anaerobic digestion
11. The difference between low and high tide. the height difference.
Pros of Tidal Energy
Reserve
tidal range
Geothermal Energy
12. Bacteria ferment BM with sugars
Pros of Wind Turbines
rance river estuary
Biomass
ethanol production
13. Most used renewable resource in the United States
Other names for the 'rank' of coal
Biomass
cogenerization
Denmark
14. Photovoltaic (PV) devices or Solar Energy Plant
3 things that increase volity of coal
2 ways to harvest solar energy
Day Winds
Cons of Geothermal Energy
15. Naturally occurring substance that can potentially be extracted using modern technology
Pros of Wind Turbines
fossil fuels
Cons of Solar Energy
Resource
16. Secondary Pollution (Toxic materials and alcohols - Blocking the sun for some animals - No direct pollution though!) - Bird death ray - Startup cost
gasification
Cons of Solar Energy
liquefied natural gas
renewable energy
17. Acidic precursors from coal mines get into surrounding water sources due to rain flushing them out
Cons of Solar Energy
3 things that increase volity of coal
Pros of Wind Turbines
acid mine drainage
18. Hardness - volatility
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19. Burning to get heat and electricity
rance river estuary
solid waste
cogenerization
Cons of Solar Energy
20. Replenish themselves or are continuously present
Day Winds
3 things that increase volity of coal
Renewable Energy Source
solid waste
21. Energy resource that can replenish itself
tidal range
anaerobic digestion
renewable energy
Nonrenewable Energy Source
22. Radiant energy from the sun heats Earth and atmosphere
Renewable Energy Source
Pros of Tidal Energy
Wind Power
cogenerization
23. Produces electricity and heat
Tidal Energy
Cogenerization
liquefied natural gas
acid mine drainage
24. Pumping water into an oil well to increase pressure and improve recovery
Cons of Wind Energy
Renewable Energy Source
secondary recovery
California
25. Burning wood
Wind Power
Geothermal Reservoirs
VED
fuelwood
26. Least expensive alternate energy - Sustainable - Renewable - No carbon emission - Once tower is up - almost no cost to maintain
Pros of Wind Turbines
Geothermal Reservoirs
Wind Power
Atmospheric Wind
27. Most used energy source in the united states
fossil fuels
Nonrenewable Energy Source
Biomass
solid waste
28. Mechanical energy (wind) to electricity
Pros of Wind Turbines
Cons of Solar Energy
Night Winds
wind turbine
29. Where the most Geothermal Energy is produced in all of the United States
California
pyrolysis
Wind Power
Renewable Energy Source
30. Time - heat - pressure
Resource
cogenerization
liquefied natural gas
3 things that increase volity of coal
31. Heat is recovered as steam or hot water to: 1. Create electricity 2. Heat buildings
Geothermal Energy
subsidence
anaerobic digestion
lignite
32. Barrage dam
Biomass
rance river estuary
acid mine drainage
cogenerization
33. Solid to liquid biomass with chemistry and heat
Wind Power
pyrolysis
California
liquefied natural gas
34. Air cools more quickly over land than water
anaerobic digestion
renewable energy
Night Winds
rance river estuary
35. Heat and Electricity
Cons of Wind Energy
3 things that increase volity of coal
pellesting
Solar Energy from the Sun is converted to...
36. High start-up cost - Unreliable - Energy companies see it as a supplemental power - Strong winds usually not near population - Energy grids are not set up for wind
Cons of Wind Energy
Renewable Energy Source
Cons of Geothermal Energy
Geothermal Energy
37. Air heated more from ground near equator
Atmospheric Wind
secondary recovery
Wind Power
Denmark
38. Release less than 1% of CO2 - Hydrogen Sulfide pollution - 97% less acid rain pollutants - Sources of geothermal are often National Treasures
pellesting
Cons of Geothermal Energy
Reserve
solid waste
39. Known deposits which can be extracted from profitably using modern technology under certain economic conditions
cogenerization
Reserve
Tidal Energy
Resource
40. Volumetric energy density---- increased by pelletisation
gasification
Geothermal Energy
VED
Tidal Energy
41. Lowest rank of coal
rance river estuary
lignite
pyrolysis
cogenerization
42. Shifting of ground as a result of drilling/mining under it
ethanol production
Nonrenewable Energy Source
gasification
subsidence
43. Finite supply being used faster than they can be replenished
Renewable Energy Source
renewable energy
Nonrenewable Energy Source
Cons of Wind Energy
44. Compact biomass with high temperatures - increading the VED
pellesting
pyrolysis
lignite
Cons of Solar Energy
45. Natural gas that is super cooled to gas phase so it can be transported easier/safer
Wind Power
Other names for the 'rank' of coal
Atmospheric Wind
liquefied natural gas