Renewable resources
By: Bayley
solar power
Facts about solar power -
1.) The solar technology can be distinguished into active and passive.
2.)The earth gets 174 petawatts of incoming solar radiation in the upper atom sphere
Benefits of Solar power
1.) its renewable resource
2.) requires little maintenance
3.) You will never run out of it
nuclear power
1.) Nuclear energy comes from uranium, a nonrenewable resource that must be mined.
2.) EVERY 18 to 24 months, a power plant must shut down to remove its spent uranium fuel,which becomes radioactive waste.
3.) Nuclear power plants generate about 20% of U.S. electricity
4.) Nuclear energy is being used in more than 30 countries around the world powers Mars rovers.
Facts about
Powers mars rovers
nuclear power is used in more than 30 countries
20% of US electricity
Benefits of Nuclear energy
1.) Relatively low cost
2.)Base load energy
3.)low pollution
geothermal energy
1.) its heat from the earth
2.) Hot dry rock resources occur at depths of 3 to 5 miles everywhere beneath the Earth's surface
3.) Water temperatures get greater than 360 degrees F (182 degrees C)
Facts about geothermal energy
1.) Provides power for 25% of Europe's population
2.) flexible renewable energy
3.) has cooling functions
4.) Geothermal energy is affordable
Benefits of Geothermal energy
1.) its affordable
2.) it benefits the government
3.) helps developing countries
biodiesel
1.) its a vegetable oil
2.) vegetable oil or animal-fat based diesel fuel
3.) fatty acid esters
Facts about biodiesel
1.) used for many different things
2.) can clean up oil spills
3.) used to power trains
hydro power
1.) takes the current of a river and turns it in to power
2.) its the most important renewable resource we have
3.) Good efficiency
facts
1.) most used renewable resource for power
2.) produces power from the energy of moving water
3.) This type of energy source as been used for many centuries
benefits
1.) Sustainable fuel source
2.) flood control
3.) irrigation
tidal power
Tidal energy is the generation of clean electricity by harnessing potential energy fo the shifting water in ocean tides
Facts about tidal power
1.) tidal power is considered a renewable resource
2.) its power harnessed from tidal waves
3.) tidal power changes the sedimentation
Benefits about tidal power
1.) its not visable
2.) low cost
3.) low mantinens
wind power
turns wind into electricity
facts about wind power
1.) 20 stories high
2.) 45% of US electricity
3.) nonpolutaint
benefits of wind power
1.) its a renewable resource
2.)cheap once up
3.) renewable resource
biomass
Biomass is living or recently dead biological matter that can be used for fuel or industrial production.
Facts
1.) 4.9% of US electricity
2.) 45 cents per gallon
3.) 15 billion gallons are corn based
benefits
1.)cheap
2.)easy to make
3.) fuel effitient