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Pros
Cons
Solar Power
-renewable
-abundant
-sustainable
-low maintenance
-environmentally friendly
-reduces electricity costs
-many applications
-silent
-technology is improving
-Expensive
-lots of space required
-Exotic materials
-Intermittent
Power acquired by
harnessing the energy
of the wind.The rotor
that the blades turn has
copper loops around it
and has oppositely
charged magnets.
When the rotor spins, it
creates
electromagnetic
induction(a process
that causes electrons in
a conductor to move)
which generates
electricity. This creates
energy.
http://www.think-solarpower.com/How-DoesSolar-Power-Work.html
Wind Power
http://energy.gov/eere/wind
/how-do-wind-turbineswork
Hydro Power
http://fuelcellstore.com/image/data/hy
-cheapest way to
continually generate
energy (build dam then its
free)
-clean fuel source
-renewable
-disrupt wildlife,
-occasionally destroys
natural resources
-lowers dissolved oxygen
level in water
-fish migration path
-expensive to build the
power plant
Biomass is living or
previously living
organisms that is used
for something other
than food or feed.
Biomass can be
converted to biofuel via
a variety of different
methods. These
methods are thermal,
chemical and
biochemical. Thermal
conversion uses
burning to convert
biomass into energy.
Chemical conversion
uses chemical
-can be renewable
-plants take in carbon
-inexpensive material
-easy to use
-carbon cycle neutral
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Biomass/Biofuel
reactions to convert
biomass into fuel, such
as burning and
compressing biomass
into a combustible gas.
Biochemical conversion
uses microbacteria and
other microorganisms
to convert biomass into
energy. Wood,
sugarcane, and corn
starch derivitives are
frequently used
biofuels. Biomass is
mostly converted into
bioethanols(one of the
most common
biofuels), which is an
alcohol fuel that can be
used to make fuel cells
or as an additive to
gasoline.
Geothermal Energy
Petroleum is a naturally
occurring liquid found
Emits carbon
dioxide (20 pounds/1
easy to use
creates
jobs
No new
technology
required
Easy to
transport in liquid
form
gallon of gasoline)
Non
renewable
Drilling can
lead to spills
Expensive
Dangerous
Endangers/De
stroys environment
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cleanest
burning fossil fuel
very few
byproducts are
released into the
atmosphere
Cheap
non-toxic
safer- don't
need to store gas
on site
abundant
supply of domestic
natural gases
Nonrenewable.
Pollution
responsible for global
warming and acid
rain
Can have oil
spills and therothe
gives of large
amounts of CO2
when burned
contains 8590 percent methane
Very
abundant
a lot
cheaper than any
other type of
energy
scientists
are developing
clean coal. This
process involves
stripping the coal
of most of its CO2
has an
existing
infrastructure
nonrenewable.
Large
contribution to global
warming
high levels of
radiation
contributes to
31 percent of all CO2
emitted
Releases a
huge amount of
carbon dioxide
https://www.pseg.com/busi
ness/small_large_business
http://www.triplepundit.com/
special/energy-optionspros-and-cons/clean-coalpros-cons/
Nuclear/Uranium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
/Gundremmingen_Nuclear
_Power_Plant
http://imgtagram.com/rewto
u2d-uranium-periodic-table/
http://www.livescience.com/
39773-facts-about-
A
nuclear fueled
power plant
uses fission to
turn water into
steam and then
send it past
drive turbines
which spin. The
drive turbine is
attached to a
generator,
which produced
electricity
Most
plants use the
rare uranium235 isotope,
which only
makes up 0.7%
of all natural
uranium.
Uranium
rods are
produced in a
special factory,
where they go
through several
processes to
enrich it. It is
then formed into
the rod shape
correct for the
reactor it is
being produced
for.
Uranium
rods are
typically used in
a reactor for 6
years, then they
are moved to a
spent-fuel pool,
where they stay
relatively
low cost (creating
the energy)
provide
stable source of
energy (can crank
up and lower
energy
depending
on demand)
It is
environmentally
friendly compared
to other methods
Requires
less fuel than other
types of power
plants
Energy
released by
nuclear fission is
10 million times
greater than
burning a fossil
fuel (oil, gas)
Thorium can be used to fuel
nuclear plants - it
is greener than
Uranium
accidents can
happen rarely, but
when occur, scale of
accident is major
radioactive
waste
dangerous for
environment and
humans
releases
mass amounts of
carbon dioxide into
the atmosphere
Lol rekt
uranium.html
until the
dangerous
isotopes
created by
fission decay.
This takes
about 5 years.