energy resources #soyer1314
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Energy Energy resourcesresources
Energy resources•Two important groups:
RENEWABLE
NON RENEWABLE
Comes from resources
which are naturally…on a human timescale.
Resources that don’t renew itself at a sufficient rate
Geothermal energy
•Thermal energy
•Generated and stored in the Earth
Source: Energy Information Administration, Geothermal Energy in the Western United States and Hawaii: Resources and Projected Electricity Generation Supplies, DOE/EIA-0544 (Washington, DC, September 1991).
Source: Energy Information Administration, Geothermal Energy in the Western United States and Hawaii: Resources and Projected Electricity Generation Supplies, DOE/EIA-0544 (Washington, DC, September 1991).
Solar energy
•Radiant light and heat from the sun
•Harnessed•Technologies
AUTOR: U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nadine Y. BarclayDATE: 9 October 2007SOURCE: Solar panels connect to base electric grid - http://www.nellis.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123071269 image - http://www.nellis.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/071009-F-0136B-001.jpg
AUTOR: U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nadine Y. BarclayDATE: 9 October 2007SOURCE: Solar panels connect to base electric grid - http://www.nellis.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123071269 image - http://www.nellis.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/071009-F-0136B-001.jpg
Wind energy
Wind turbines Electrical power
Windmills Mechanical power
Windpunds Water pumting
Sails Propel ships
DATE: 5 October 2005, 19:19SOURCE: Windmills in China?{D70 series}AUTHOR:
/ Chris Lim林 慕尧
DATE: 5 October 2005, 19:19SOURCE: Windmills in China?{D70 series}AUTHOR:
/ Chris Lim林 慕尧
Date: 29 September
2008Source:
Own workAuthor:
Hans Hillewaert
Date: 29 September
2008Source:
Own workAuthor:
Hans Hillewaert
Date: August 2008Source: Own workAuthor: Ben Franske
Date: August 2008Source: Own workAuthor: Ben Franske
Date: 2004Source: Own workAuthor:Lourdes Cardenal
Date: 2004Source: Own workAuthor:Lourdes Cardenal
Date: 1 June 2010Source: Own workAuthor: Patrick Wernhardt
Date: 1 June 2010Source: Own workAuthor: Patrick Wernhardt
Hydraulic energy
Derived from the energy of failing water and running
water.
AUTOR: Tennessee Valley AuthorityAUTOR: Tennessee Valley Authority
Petrol energy
•Used primarily as a fuel
•Most expensive
AUTOR: Original uploader was Flcelloguy at en.wikipediaDATE: 2007-03-15 (original upload date)SOURCE:Originally from en.wikipedia
AUTOR: Original uploader was Flcelloguy at en.wikipediaDATE: 2007-03-15 (original upload date)SOURCE:Originally from en.wikipedia
Carbon energy
•First mineral fuel
•Used as a fuel for trains
Date: 18 February 2009Source: Own workAuthor: FK1954
Date: 18 February 2009Source: Own workAuthor: FK1954
Source: http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/subcommittees/emr/usgsweb/photogallery/ ; English Wikipedia, original upload 3 August 2004 by Chris 73
Source: http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/subcommittees/emr/usgsweb/photogallery/ ; English Wikipedia, original upload 3 August 2004 by Chris 73
Gas energy
It is a fossil fuel
Layers of buried plants and animals
Expose to intense heat and
pressure over mountains of
years
Nuclear energy
•Use of sustained nuclear fission
•Generate heat and electricity
Nuclear power plant Dukovany, Czech Republic.
AUTOR: Petr Adamek
DATE: October 2005.
Nuclear power plant Dukovany, Czech Republic.
AUTOR: Petr Adamek
DATE: October 2005.