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Energy Resources! Fossil Fuels - 0 views
Geothermal Energy Construction: Resource Requirements and Impact Sources - 0 views
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The construction phase involves the construction of the geothermal field(s), infrastructure, power plants, and transmission lines.
Infrastructure Requirements for Geothermal Energy ?!? - Yahoo! Answers - 0 views
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Transmission lines, Electric power transmission or "high voltage electric transmission" is the bulk transfer of electrical energy, from generating Geothermal plants. Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_po… 2 years ago
U.S. geothermal infrastructure could support 7.2 million people | SmartPlanet - 0 views
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The geothermal energy process extracts heat from the Earth for the purpose of generating electricity to power homes. Most development in this area is concentrated at where tectonic plates meet, such as the western coasts of North and South America, the Mediterranean and east coast of Africa and East Asia.
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"The U.S. could have as much as 10 gigawatts of geothermal power at its disposal if current projects under development are completed, according to a new report. According to a new report from the Geothermal Energy Association, there are 144 new geothermal projects in 14 U.S. states currently under development. While the current U.S. geothermal infrastructure manages 3,100 megawatts, the new projects could add an additional 7,100 megawatts, or 7 gigawatts, of energy output."
Fuel Cell History - Fuel Cell Today - 0 views
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William Grove, a chemist, physicist and lawyer, is generally credited with inventing the fuel cell in 1839
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n the late 1950s and early 1960s NASA, in collaboration with industrial partners, began developing fuel cell generators for manned space missions.
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Tidal stream generators - Brightside - 0 views
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Tidal stream generators look and work like underwater wind turbines. As opposed to using the rising and falling movement of the tides, tidal stream generators take advantage of the fast moving sea currents (tidal streams), which flow when tides are moving in and out. These tidal streams cause the turbines to rotate, turning the generators which generate electricity. Tidal stream generators have the advantage of being much cheaper to build, and do not have as much of an environmental impact as a tidal barrage. The turbines turn relatively slowly, hence do not affect sea life. This is different to tidal barrages which can disrupt fish migrating up rivers from the sea.
How Does Tidal Power Work? - Energy Informative - 1 views
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450 TWh is the estimated yearly potential of electric power that can be produced from tidal energy. In addition to this comes a large and not yet estimated potential in river flows.
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Tidal stream generators are very similar to wind turbines except their below the water surface instead of above or on land. The turbine and generator converts the movement of water coming from change in tide, the kinetic energy, into electricity. Water is 830 times denser than air and therefore can generate electricity at lower speeds than wind turbines.
Tidal power - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views
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Tidal stream generators (or TSGs) make use of the kinetic energy of moving water to power turbines, in a similar way to wind turbines that use wind to power turbines. Some tidal generators can be built into the structures of existing bridges, involving virtually no aesthetic problems. Likewise, “tidal bridging” is a relatively new advancement that is gaining recognition as a more practical and beneficial way to generate tidal power.
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"Tidal stream generators (or TSGs) make use of the kinetic energy of moving water to power turbines, in a similar way to wind turbines that use wind to power turbines. Some tidal generators can be built into the structures of existing bridges, involving virtually no aesthetic problems. Likewise, "tidal bridging" is a relatively new advancement that is gaining recognition as a more practical and beneficial way to generate tidal power."
How Does Tidal Energy Work - 0 views
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Tidal turbines use similar technology to wind turbines, although their blades are much shorter and stronger. So a good way to think of them is as underwater windmills. Basically the water currents turn the turbines, which in turn activate a generator that produces electricity. These systems work best where there are very strong tidal zones (Norwegian and British coastlines.) and although it is still in it’s infancy it does show great promise.The upfront cost of these tidal stream systems is very high and also installation and maintenance is difficult.
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"Tidal turbines use similar technology to wind turbines, although their blades are much shorter and stronger. So a good way to think of them is as underwater windmills. Basically the water currents turn the turbines, which in turn activate a generator that produces electricity. These systems work best where there are very strong tidal zones (Norwegian and British coastlines.) and although it is still in it's infancy it does show great promise. The upfront cost of these tidal stream systems is very high and also installation and maintenance is difficult."
Photovoltaic publications : Global Market Outlook, Solar Generation - 1 views
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On a global scale, approximately 15,000 MW of new PV installations have been added during 2010, amounting the entire PV capacity to almost 40,000 MW.
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During 2010, the Photovoltaic (PV) market has shown unprecedented growth and wide-spread deployment of this environmentally friendly source of power generation. On a global scale, approximately 15,000 MW of new PV installations have been added during 2010, amounting the entire PV capacity to almost 40,000 MW.
Wind Energy Basics - 5 views
Wave Hub wave energy hydropower infrastructure project on track for summer 2011 deploym... - 0 views
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Hartlepool-based JDR Cable Systems is constructing the armored 25- kilometer subsea cable that will connect Wave Hub to the grid and the hub structure that will sit on the seabed. Work also is progressing on the hub assembly, which will provide a connection between the main cable from the shore and the tails leading to the wave energy devices.
Devices that Harness Wave Energy | Wave Energy Cost - 0 views
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Because wave energy needs only 1/200 the land area of wind and requires no access roads, infrastructure costs are less;
Wave Energy: an Overview (Oxfordshire Climate Exchange) - 1 views
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Waves are generated by winds blowing over the ocean surface. Wave energy is effectively a stored and concentrated form of solar energy since the winds that produce them are caused by pressure differences in the atmosphere caused by the sun's differential heating of the earth's surface. Waves can efficiently transport energy for thousands of miles and retain their energy long after the winds that first created them have died down, which makes waves one of the most concentrated and consistent sources of renewable energy.
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Globally, the potential use of wave power is, unsurprisingly, limited to areas of the world where there are waves. On a global scale, this is dictated by global wind patterns, with the result that waves are more prevalent in the mid-latitudes (40-60(N/S), than nearer the equator where the lack of ocean wind is referred to as the 'doldrums'. Interestingly, this potential for wave power contrasts with that of solar power, which is more effective in lower latitudes
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How we know human activity is causing warming | Environmental Defense Fund - 1 views
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The theory of global warming is nothing new. The Nobel Prize-winning chemist Svante Arrhenius first proposed the idea of global warming in 1896. Carbon dioxide, he knew, traps heat in the Earth's atmosphere. He also knew that burning coal and oil releases carbon dioxide (CO2).
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