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Renewable Energy
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1. Environmental Impact - High startup cost - Low efficiency in some cases
renewable energy
direct combustion
Reserve
Cons of Tidal Energy
2. Burning to get heat and electricity
cogenerization
Cons of Solar Energy
Resource
secondary recovery
3. Least expensive alternate energy - Sustainable - Renewable - No carbon emission - Once tower is up - almost no cost to maintain
Pros of Wind Turbines
Cons of Wind Energy
tidal range
2 ways to harvest solar energy
4. Bacteria ferment BM with sugars
Pros of Tidal Energy
ethanol production
Cons of Solar Energy
renewable energy
5. The difference between low and high tide. the height difference.
anaerobic digestion
tidal range
Atmospheric Wind
Solar Energy from the Sun is converted to...
6. Most used renewable resource in the United States
California
secondary recovery
Reserve
Biomass
7. Heat and Electricity
Pros of Wind Turbines
Cons of Solar Energy
Cons of Tidal Energy
Solar Energy from the Sun is converted to...
8. Just burning biomass
2 ways to harvest solar energy
solid waste
anaerobic digestion
direct combustion
9. Volumetric energy density---- increased by pelletisation
VED
Cons of Wind Energy
Pros of Wind Turbines
2 ways to harvest solar energy
10. Radiant energy from the sun heats Earth and atmosphere
Wind Power
Cons of Tidal Energy
Geothermal Energy
lignite
11. Shifting of ground as a result of drilling/mining under it
renewable energy
Denmark
subsidence
Reserve
12. What country leads the world in wind energy generating?
Nonrenewable Energy Source
Denmark
cogenerization
ethanol production
13. Air heated more from ground near equator
Resource
Solar Energy from the Sun is converted to...
Cons of Wind Energy
Atmospheric Wind
14. 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
fuelwood
Biomass
Day Winds
Cons of Wind Energy
15. Time - heat - pressure
wind turbine
3 things that increase volity of coal
Day Winds
Denmark
16. Release less than 1% of CO2 - Hydrogen Sulfide pollution - 97% less acid rain pollutants - Sources of geothermal are often National Treasures
Cons of Geothermal Energy
solid waste
Biomass
Denmark
17. Heat is recovered as steam or hot water to: 1. Create electricity 2. Heat buildings
3 things that increase volity of coal
acid mine drainage
Geothermal Energy
liquefied natural gas
18. Naturally occurring substance that can potentially be extracted using modern technology
Resource
liquefied natural gas
cogenerization
Cons of Solar Energy
19. Burning 'rubbish.'
ethanol production
Cons of Wind Energy
solid waste
cogenerization
20. Most used energy source in the united states
fossil fuels
Renewable Energy Source
Cogenerization
liquefied natural gas
21. Energy resource that can replenish itself
gasification
Solar Energy from the Sun is converted to...
Resource
renewable energy
22. Air is heated from ground - warm air flows upward - cold air replaces it
Denmark
Day Winds
Renewable Energy Source
fuelwood
23. Burning wood
Cons of Wind Energy
fuelwood
renewable energy
rance river estuary
24. Natural gas that is super cooled to gas phase so it can be transported easier/safer
liquefied natural gas
3 things that increase volity of coal
Atmospheric Wind
pyrolysis
25. It's reliable and consistent - It gives off very little pollution - Lessen the burden of fossil fuels and nuclear energy!
Pros of Tidal Energy
gasification
Tidal Energy
Reserve
26. Same as pyrolysis BUT - more heat and less gas
Pros of Wind Turbines
gasification
Tidal Energy
ethanol production
27. Pumping water into an oil well to increase pressure and improve recovery
gasification
Other names for the 'rank' of coal
secondary recovery
Reserve
28. Hardness - volatility
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29. Mechanical energy (wind) to electricity
wind turbine
pellesting
fuelwood
Denmark
30. Pockets of hot water or steam underground
Night Winds
Geothermal Reservoirs
liquefied natural gas
Cons of Geothermal Energy
31. Energy that can be obtained from movement of water due to gravitational pull of sun - moon - and Earth's rotation.
Tidal Energy
ethanol production
cogenerization
solid waste
32. Finite supply being used faster than they can be replenished
Day Winds
Geothermal Reservoirs
Nonrenewable Energy Source
Renewable Energy Source
33. Secondary Pollution (Toxic materials and alcohols - Blocking the sun for some animals - No direct pollution though!) - Bird death ray - Startup cost
Pros of Tidal Energy
cogenerization
Geothermal Energy
Cons of Solar Energy
34. Replenish themselves or are continuously present
Pros of Wind Turbines
Renewable Energy Source
tidal range
direct combustion
35. Air cools more quickly over land than water
Geothermal Reservoirs
Night Winds
renewable energy
Atmospheric Wind
36. Solid to liquid biomass with chemistry and heat
liquefied natural gas
pyrolysis
subsidence
Day Winds
37. Photovoltaic (PV) devices or Solar Energy Plant
renewable energy
Wind Power
2 ways to harvest solar energy
gasification
38. Known deposits which can be extracted from profitably using modern technology under certain economic conditions
cogenerization
Geothermal Reservoirs
3 things that increase volity of coal
Reserve
39. Where the most Geothermal Energy is produced in all of the United States
California
Biomass
2 ways to harvest solar energy
Geothermal Reservoirs
40. Bacteria breaks biomass down without oxygen with product mixed gas. LFG's
pellesting
Night Winds
Denmark
anaerobic digestion
41. Barrage dam
Day Winds
California
rance river estuary
Tidal Energy
42. Lowest rank of coal
Geothermal Energy
lignite
California
rance river estuary
43. Produces electricity and heat
pyrolysis
Cogenerization
Day Winds
Cons of Wind Energy
44. Acidic precursors from coal mines get into surrounding water sources due to rain flushing them out
pyrolysis
lignite
acid mine drainage
wind turbine
45. Compact biomass with high temperatures - increading the VED
pellesting
fuelwood
pyrolysis
solid waste
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