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Ideal Locations
According to the American Wind Energy Association these ten states are the windiest
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North Dakota
Texas
Kansas
South Dakota
Montana
Nebraska
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Iowa
Geothermal Energy
What is Geothermal Energy?
An energy that consists of the Earths heat.
Its harmless.
Its available everywhere.
Geothermal Processes
Positive effects
Environmentally friendly
It's a natural resource and is naturally replenished.
Abundant Supply - not weather dependent
Reliable source of energy because its power output can be predicted
with remarkable accuracy.
Technology behind geothermal energy will only continue to improve in
efficiency
Can provide Electricity, cooling and heating
Available everywhere
Negative effects
Location
West v East
Electricity is still needed to operate heat pumps.
Incredible usage of water
To access the vast majority of the energy, the earths crust has to be drilled for
extreme distances.
Expensive
Reflective Energy
A Solar Mirror comprises a substrate with a reflective layer for reflecting
the solar energy, and in most cases an interference layer. Reflective
solar energy uses the reflections of windows and mirrors.
Ideal Locations
The roofs of houses
Rural areas
Schools
Businesses
Local funding can be better spent on different and newer resources rather
than electricity
Biogas
Natural gas is a nonrenewable energy resource made
from plants and animals that have died and their bodies
have been introduced to intense heat and pressure. The
energy from the plants and animals is stored as carbon
and converted into natural gas and this stored energy can
be usable power.
Biogas
Natural gas is easy to transport because of high powered pipelines that are
able to transport it safely across the entire U.S. We get natural gas by safely
drilling into the ground to remove the gas in a process known as fracking.
Biogas
Natural gas is used
equally between
homes, business , and
by power companies
to create electricity.
For example, Apache
is one of the
companies that uses
natural gas.
Biogas
~Natural gas can be used as cleaner-burning
transportation fuel.
~57% of American homes use natural gas as their main
heating fuel
~Because natural gas furnaces can be brought to life and
shut down quickly, it is used to produce steam for peakload electricity
Biogas
Cons:
Fracking
Non-Renewable
Expensive Pipelines
Toxic
Biogas
Natural gas doesnt explode. It can ignite, but only when there is a source of
ignition. Which will only happen in two ways. One way is if the gas is
presented in a concentrate of 5 to 10 percent relative to the air, or if natural
gas comes in contact with something at least 1000 degrees fahrenheit.
Biogas
Pros:
Cleanest fossil fuel for the environment because it emits little to no
greenhouse gases.
Fracking supports 2.1 million jobs and is a safe and cost efficient way to
extract natural gas
Biogas
Pros:
On average, 22 people die a year from natural gas related accidents. 128
less than peanut allergy related deaths.
Bio-Fuel
BIQ (Bio intelligence quotient) algae powered
building
Built in Hamburg, Germany
129 bioreactors
Work Cited
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Lin, S. (2014, November 3). RPI News. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
Brooke, B. (n.d.). Passive Solar Energy. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
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Solar Photovoltaic Technology Basics. (n.d.). Retrieved April 2, 2015, from http://www.nrel.
gov/learning/re_photovoltaics.html
Graphene's First Commercial Application To Shed A Little Light. (n.d.). Retrieved April 2, 2015, from http:
//www.popsci.com/more-efficient-graphene-light-bulbs-are-bright-idea
New kind of 'tandem' solar cell: Two types of photovoltaic material combined to make a cell that
harnesses more sunlight. (n.d.). Retrieved April 2, 2015, from http://www.sciencedaily.
com/releases/2015/03/150324120824.htm
Environmental impacts on PV http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-85120-9_12#page-1
Anti-Reflective Solar Panel Coating Absorbs 96% of Sunlight, Called Photovoltaic 'Game Changer' by
Developer. (n.d.). Retrieved April 2, 2015, from http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/antireflective-solar-panel-coating-absorbs-96-of-sunlight-called-photovoltaic-a-game-changeratm-bydeveloper.htm