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Topics forEnvironmentProject:
OzoneAir PollutionWater Cycle DroughtFloods Acid RainWater Pollution
El NinoHurricaneTornadoTsunamiRecyclingInternational Space Station/ Future of Space TravelSpace/ShuttleProgram
VolcanoesEarthquakesLandslidesWild Fires
Coal MiningOil and GasHydrofracki
ngNuclear Power
Wind Power
Green AlternativesRecyclingSolar PowerFuel Cell VehiclesElectric VehiclesAlternative Fuel VehiclesHydropowerGeothermalBiomass
-Avalanches
-Buildings of the Future
-Environmental Disasters
Green Energy
1st Generation Technologies: 1800’s
GeothermalBiomassHydropower
Geothermal Energy -
-Heat generated and stored in the Earth (<1%)
The Geysers in the Mayacamas Mountains, California
Biological material from living, or recently living organisms that is converted into energy, like electricity. (4% in 2010).
Biomass
Energy Crops: Switchgrass
Corn Stalks
Sugarcane fields in Brazil
Sugarcane plant in Brazil,Producing electricity.
Clean Municipal and Industrial Wastes
methane can be captured from landfills
Biomass: Controversial? Whole tree harvesting(use the entire tree). Removes nutrients from the soil?
It’s goal : “Ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity."
International: 3 million members
Hydropower =Energy From Moving Water
6% of renewable energy in USA is Hydropower: #1
source!
Hoover Dam:1942
(Nevada)
Mt. Morris
3 Gorges Dam in China= World’s largest hydropower plant
Second-generation technologies:Started in the 1970’s (energy crisis).
Solar
Wind Power
Solar Power: Convert sunlight to electricity
Spain
CSP Systems: (Concentrating solar power)
Use lenses/mirrors to focus a large area of sunlight into a small beam of sunlight. The heat is then converted to electricity.
Cresent Dunes project in Nevada:
power up to 75,000 homes
SEGS : 9 sites in Mojave Desert, California: World’s Largest CSP Solar facility
Photovoltaic Solar PowerA solar cell that converts
light into electricity(Germany)
video
Copper Mountain facility in Nevada
Wind Power: Electricity from moving air
Wind turbines in the ocean.
Wind Turbine: Switzerland
Roscoe Wind Farm, Texas = World’s largest (100,000 acres)
3rd generation technologies:
Ocean Current Energy
Fuel Cell Vehicles
Converts the chemical energy from a fuel (Hydrogen) into electricity.
Fuel Cell Bus: London, England
Fuel Cell Boat: Germany
Fuel Cell Car: Honeoye Falls(plant relocated to Michigan 2012)
Plug-in Hybrid (Prius)
$32,00095 mpg
$28,800 (2013)All electric
Nissan Leaf
The Leaf actually costs $21,300! The government gives REBATES to people who purchase this vehicle!
Welcome to Buy Green, Save Green NYS High-Efficiency Appliance Rebates!
If you are a resident of New York State, you can receive a cash rebate of $350 by purchasing an eligible CEE High Efficiency Tier 2 or 3 refrigerator, or $250 by purchasing an eligible CEE High Efficiency Tier 2 or 3 clothes washer!
Purchases must be made on or after March 19, 2012.
$3.5 million in rebates were offered.This money disappeared in 2 days!
Qualifying factors — Exterior windows and doors must have a U factor and SHGC equal to or less than 0.30.ENERGY STAR products qualify for this credit.Credit amount — Exterior windows and skylights, storm windows, exterior doors
and storm doors: 30% of cost: 2009
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