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