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