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