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handste99

Revolution Green: A True Story of Biodiesel in America - 0 views

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infrastructure

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  • There are over 180,000 fueling stations nationwide. About 40% of those service petroleum diesel fuel, and less than 1% service biodiesel.
  • Biodiesel is simple to use and requires no costly engine conversions or infrastructure changes to the current delivery system of diesel fuel.
filionmar99

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location mrpurdy

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      filionmar99 on 22 Oct 12
       
      read this
  • The major challenge to using wind as a source of power is that it is intermittent and does not always blow when electricity is needed. Wind cannot be stored (although wind-generated electricity can be stored, if batteries are used), and not all winds can be harnessed to meet the timing of electricity demands. Further, good wind sites are often located in remote locations far from areas of electric power demand (such as cities).
  • Although wind power plants have relatively little impact on the environment compared to fossil fuel power plants, there is some concern over the noise produced by the rotor blades, aesthetic (visual) impacts, and birds and bats having been killed (avian/bat mortality) by flying into the rotors. Most of these problems have been resolved or greatly reduced through technological development or by properly siting wind plants.
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  • A Renewable Non-Polluting Resource Wind energy is a free, renewable resource, so no matter how much is used today, there will still be the same supply in the future. Wind energy is also a source of clean, non-polluting, electricity. Unlike conventional power plants, wind plants emit no air pollutants or greenhouse gases. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, in 1990, California's wind power plants offset the emission of more than 2.5 billion pounds of carbon dioxide, and 15 million pounds of other pollutants that would have otherwise been produced. It would take a forest of 90 million to 175 million trees to provide the same air quality.
handste99

Biofuels | BP - 0 views

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future change

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  • Biofuels
  • We are working to produce biofuels that are low cost, low carbon, sustainable and able to fulfil the world’s transportation fuel needs on a large scale without compromising food production
brownale99

Green Rock Energy - Geothermal Energy - Sustainability - 0 views

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geothermal sustainable

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  • The Benefits "Geothermal energy has the potential to generate and deliver sustainable supplies of clean, renewable base load power. Depending on the nature of the resource and the reservoir, individual production wells have the potential to generate consistent supplies of base load power for decades."
  • Geothermal energy has the potential to generate and deliver sustainable supplies of clean, renewable base load power.
  • individual production wells have the potential to generate consistent supplies of base load power for decades.
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  • Base load electricity generated from geothermal energy is clean, renewable and has minimal impact on the environment.
  • Unlike burning fossil fuels, the process emits no greenhouse gases, pollution or hazardous wastes.
  • messinaaar98 on 22 Oct 12
     
    "The Benefits "Geothermal energy has the potential to generate and deliver sustainable supplies of clean, renewable base load power. Depending on the nature of the resource and the reservoir, individual production wells have the potential to generate consistent supplies of base load power for decades.""
  • gazdiknic99 on 11 Mar 13
     
    main idea, supporting facts, and conclusion
  • brownale99 on 11 Mar 13
     
    ""Geothermal energy has the potential to generate and deliver sustainable supplies of clean, renewable base load power. Depending on the nature of the resource and the reservoir, individual production wells have the potential to generate consistent supplies of base load power for decades.""
cheniermab99

Wind Power: clean, sustainable, and affordable | Union of Concerned Scientists - 0 views

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wind sustainable

shared by cheniermab99 on 22 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Wind power generates electricity with... No air emissions No fuel to mine, transport, or store No cooling water No water pollution No wastes
  • Wind power can reduce pollution generated by fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and gas. A typical (750 kW) wind turbine provides enough power for 328 typical (non-electric heating) homes.
  • Wind power can reduce pollution generated by fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and gas. A typical (750 kW) wind turbine provides enough power for 328 typical (non-electric heating) homes.
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  • Wind power can reduce pollution generated by fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and gas. A typical (750 kW) wind turbine provides enough power for 328 typical (non-electric heating) homes.
  • No fuel to mine, transport, or store
  • Wind power can reduce pollution generated by fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and gas.
  • Wind power can reduce pollution generated by fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and gas.
  • Wind power can reduce pollution generated by fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and gas
  • Wind power can reduce pollution generated by fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and gas
stanglebre99

Wind power - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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wind history

shared by stanglebre99 on 22 Oct 12 - Cached
  • Sailboats and sailing ships have been using wind power for thousands of years, and architects have used wind-driven natural ventilation in buildings since similarly ancient times. The use of wind to provide mechanical power came somewhat later in antiquity. The windwheel of the Greek engineer Heron of Alexandria in the 1st century AD is the earliest known instance of using a wind-driven wheel to power a machine.[15][16].
troisichr99

Solar Power - 0 views

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solar power website

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logansar99

EIA Renewable Energy-" Renewable Energy Consumption and Electricity Preliminary 2006 St... - 1 views

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wave current

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      logansar99 on 24 Oct 12
       
      Wave energy isn't on this chart, so it's mainly experimental.
  • logansar99 on 22 Oct 12
     
    There is a graphic that shows we don't use much wave energy it's mainly experimental.
demboskiemm00

How long has solar power been around and does it work? - An eNow Blog Article - 0 views

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solar history

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  • Solar PV (photovoltaic) was first discovered in 1839 by French scientist Edmond Becquerel. Over the next 100 years, there were other discoveries and inventions, including several discoveries by Albert Einstein, who received a Nobel Prize for his theories on the photovoltaic effect in 1921.
  • Solar PV (photovoltaic) was first discovered in 1839 by French scientist Edmond Becquerel. Over the next 100 years, there were other discoveries and inventions, including several discoveries by Albert Einstein, who received a Nobel Prize for his theories on the photovoltaic effect in 1921.
dpurdy

Tidal Energy Pros and Cons - Energy Informative - 0 views

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tidal advantages disadvantages cost

shared by dpurdy on 22 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • This ultimately reduces the cost these power plants can sell their electricity
  • It is important to realize that the methods for generating electricity from tidal energy is a relatively are relatively new technologies
  • Tidal Energy is a renewable energy source. This energy source is a result of the gravitational fields from both the sun and the moon, combined with the earth’s rotation around its axis, resulting in high and low tides.
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  • In addition to being a renewable energy, it does not emit any climate gases and does not take up a lot of space
  • buherjac99 on 22 Oct 12
     
    pollution
baileyamb99

How Is Wave Energy Used to Generate Electricity? | eHow.com - 0 views

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converted

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  • Earth is composed mainly of bodies of water---about 71 percent of the earth's surface is water. Ninety-seven percent of that is found in the oceans. Because the earth's surface is curved, the sun heats it unevenly. This causes winds to blow across the water and generate waves. The sun and moon also exert their gravitational pull on the earth, triggering wave-producing tides. Wave motion energy can be harnessed and generated into electricity.
ackleysam99

Solar energy 'cheaper than fossil fuels in 5 years' - 0 views

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cost

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  • Speaking to Silicon.com, the author of The Age of Intelligent Machines, said that nanotechnology could help solve the world's energy crisis and make solar technology cheaper.
bannonmel99

Uses of Wind Energy | eHow.com - 2 views

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use

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  • For hundreds of years mankind has been making use of the energy and power generated by wind. Whether it has been to travel the world, manufacture products, or in the modern age to generate electricity, wind has provided the means. And while there have been dozens of different methods over the years, new technology is still being invented to make even further use of this ancient power source.
  • Windmills were one of the second most widespread uses of wind energy. The variety of uses that windmills were put to included grinding grain, as well as pumping water, up until the industrial revolution where the windmill was mostly replaced by the steam engine.
tvedepai00

Devices that Harness Wave Energy | Wave Energy Cost - 2 views

www.oceanenergycouncil.com/...Wave-Energy.html

cost wave pollution

shared by tvedepai00 on 11 Mar 13 - Cached
  • Wave energy is an irregular and oscillating low-frequency energy source that can be converted to a 60-Hertz frequency
  • Kinetic energy, the energy of motion, in waves is tremendous. An average 4-foot, 10-second wave striking a coast puts out more than 35,000 horsepower per mile of coast.
  • It varies in intensity, but it is available twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year.
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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;
  • or now, the best wave generator technology in place in the United Kingdom is producing energy at an average projected/assessed cost of 7.5 cents kWh. In comparison, electricity generated by large scale coal burning power plants costs about 2.6 cents per kilowatt-hour.
  • the sun shines, wave energy will never be depleted
  • As long as
  • produce energy at about 4.5 cents kWh.
  • 7.5 cents kWh
  • In comparison, electricity generated by large scale coal burning power plants costs about 2.6 cents per kilowatt-hour.
  • about 3 cents per kilowatt hour
  • Wave energy devices are quieter and much less visually obtrusive than wind devices
knightoli99

How Geothermal Energy Works | Union of Concerned Scientists - 1 views

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geothermal sustainable

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  • Many regions of the world are already tapping geothermal energy as an affordable and sustainable solution to reducing dependence on fossil fuels, and the global warming and public health risks that result from their use. For example, more than 8,900 megawatts (MW) of large, utility-scale geothermal capacity in 24 countries now produce enough electricity to meet the annual needs of nearly 12 million typical U.S. households (GEA 2008a). Geothermal plants produce 25 percent or more of electricity in the Philippines, Iceland, and El Salvador.
  • parkergar99 on 11 Mar 13
     
    "The U.S. Department of Energy found that heat pumps can save a typical home hundreds of dollars in energy costs each year, with the system typically paying for itself in 8 to 12 years. Tax credits and other incentives can reduce the payback period to 5 years or less.10                                                  "
  • knightoli99 on 11 Mar 13
     
    "Heat from the earth can be used as an energy source in many ways, from large and complex power stations to small and relatively simple pumping systems. This heat energy, known as geothermal energy, can be found almost anywhere-as far away as remote deep wells in Indonesia and as close as the dirt in our backyards. FROM OUR BLOG The Latest on Renewable Energy from Our Experts and Analysts Will Clean Energy Research and Development Be Sequestered? Laura Wisland PTC Extension Already Making a Big Difference for Wind Steve Clemmer The Local Energy Movement: Coming to a Town Near You Laura Wisland Subscribe to the Energy blog feed Many regions of the world are already tapping geothermal energy as an affordable and sustainable solution to reducing dependence on fossil fuels, and the global warming and public health risks that result from their use. For example, more than 8,900 megawatts (MW) of large, utility-scale geothermal capacity in 24 countries now produce enough electricity to meet the annual needs of nearly 12 million typical U.S. households (GEA 2008a). Geothermal plants produce 25 percent or more of electricity in the Philippines, Iceland, and El Salvador."
butlerlei98

tidal energy steps to electricity - Google Search - 1 views

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history tide

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  • butlerlei98 on 11 Mar 13
     
    "Mills using tidal power can be dated back to 12th century Europe, a technology that followed colonists to the Americas."
mannixjul00

Tidal Energy | Marine Current Turbines - 0 views

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tidal tide

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  • idal turbines are very much like an underwater windmill where the blades are driven by consistent, fast-moving currents.  The submerged rotors harness the power of the tidal streams to drive generators, which in turn produce electricity. Water is 832 times denser than air so consequently tidal turbine rotors can be are much smaller than wind turbine rotors generate equivalent  amounts of electricity, and they can be deployed much closer together. Devices that harness tidal stream energy present a unique set of engineering challenges in terms of design, installation and maintenance. During operation, the force of the tidal flow in Strangford Lough is equivalent to a 345 mph wind generating a 100 tonnes of thrust on the rotors. The unique SeaGen design allows capture of the maximum amount of tidal energy whilst keeping maintenance and connectivity costs low.
  • Tidal turbines are very much like an underwater windmill where the blades are driven by consistent, fast-moving currents.  The submerged rotors harness the power of the tidal streams to drive generators, which in turn produce electricity. Water is 832 times denser than air so consequently tidal turbine rotors are much smaller than wind turbine rotors generate equivalent  amounts of electricity, and they can be deployed much closer together. Devices that harness tidal stream energy present a unique set of engineering challenges in terms of design, installation and maintenance. During operation, the force of the tidal flow in Strangford Lough is equivalent to a 345 mph wind generating a 100 tonnes of thrust on the rotors.
  • kramerjac99 on 11 Mar 13
     
    How it works.
behanjos99

Geothermal Energy | Energy and Global Climate Change in New England | US EP - 0 views

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co2 geothermal

shared by behanjos99 on 11 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • The constant temperature of the Earth creates underground sources of heat, hot water and steam which become fuel to produce geothermal energy. People have used various forms of geothermal energy for hundreds of years; modern technology accesses these underground reservoirs, steam deposits and hot air by drilling, and then using the heat or hot water directly or using it to create power. Geothermal energy represents an enormous, underused power source that provides clean, renewable energy in virtually unlimited supply.
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