...Renewable Energy hotmail2008 Table of Contents Executive Summary 2 Introduction 3 Wind Energy Data 5 Analysis 6 Conclusion 8 Bibliography 9 Executive Summary The majority of our nation’s energy is highly dependent on finite fossil energy sources, like coal and oil. Using fossil fuels to create electricity creates emissions that are both harmful to the environment and our health. Renewable energy sources provide a clean and viable long term alternative to fossil fuels. Renewable energy is energy generated by natural resources in the form of solar, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric, and tidal waves. Among the diversity of renewable energy, wind energy is the fastest growing power technology in the world. According to the U.S. government Energy Information Administration, the production of wind energy will be at least 20% by the year 2030. This report will prove the validity of this statement by using hypothesis analysis. Hypothesis analysis will reject the null hypothesis that wind energy production will be less then 20% in favor of the alternate hypothesis that states wind energy production will be at least 20% or greater. Introduction The majority of our nation’s energy is produced from the burning of fossil fuels, like coal, oil, and natural gas. Life as we know it and our economy revolves around these finite resources. Unfortunately, with our great demand for energy, especially gasoline, world production of oil has already reached its maximum...
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...Free Essays Home Search Essays FAQ Contact Search: Go View Cart / Checkout Search Results Free Essays Unrated Essays Better Essays Stronger Essays Powerful Essays Term Papers Research Papers Search by keyword: wind Sort By: Go Your search returned over 400 essays for "wind" 1 2 3 4 5 Next >> These results are sorted by most relevant first (ranked search). You may also sort these by color rating or essay length. Title Length Color Rating Wind Power and Wildlife Issues in Kansas - ... Turbines can produce electricity at wind speeds as low as 9 miles per hour, reach their peak of production at 33 miles per hour, plus shut down and turn sideways at wind speeds above 56 miles per hour. An average wind speed at the site of a turbine is 20 miles per hour. Because of these features on the towers, they rank Kansas the 3rd in the US for wind energy potential. The Gray County Wind Farm in Kansas, powered by Florida Power and Light Energy, has collected data from 2001-2009 on electricity production.... [tags: kansas, wind energy, wind turbines] :: 1 Works Cited 1537 words (4.4 pages) $29.95 [preview] Analysis of Wind Turbine Designs - Abstract Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and one of the most philanthropic men in history giving over 28 billion dollars to charity so far, states his number one wish for the world wouldn't be to rid the world of aids, vaccinate kids around the world, or feed every starving children; instead, it would be...
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...Jack 9/27/15 Persuasive essay Renewable Energy for America Did you know that renewable energy is more efficient not only for Americas ecosystem but for its economy to? One of the ways it is more efficient for Americas ecosystem is by not releasing harmful gases or materials to produce electricity. One way renewable energy is better for America’s economy is that it produces hundreds of thousands of jobs all across the country. One of the renewable energy sources that would be used is hydropower or hydroelectricity. Hydropower uses the force of the energy of moving water to generate electricity or power. There are three different types of Hydropower; the main type used in America is using a dam on a river to store water in a reservoir. Then...
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...The energy consumption of western cities' households stands at about one-third. Energy is a very good example of a natural resource. In as much as it is surprising, efforts have been made since the 21st century to try and conserve these natural resources (Montana Conservation Council, 1956, p. 12). The essay seeks to discuss how some of the activities carried out have been used to promote resource efficiency and sustainable management of natural resources. The essay seeks to detail information on some of the case studies depicting the impacts of these activities. Promotion of Energy Efficient Bulbs The energy efficient bulbs are energy economical due to its insignificant consumption of electricity. According to the results obtained by conducting a series of tests, the bulb converts about 80 percent of the electrical power to light energy. The other 20 percent is therefore converted to other forms of energy such as heat. When compared to traditional bulbs, the results were opposite to having 80 percent of the energy wasted by being converted to other forms while 20 percent being converted to light energy. Adoption of Renewable Energy One of the ways adoption of renewable energy has contributed towards the conservation of natural resources is through enhancing energy security. When one looks at some of the renewable sources of energy such as solar, wind and geothermal, all these sources provide viable energy sources that do not run out unlike the fixed energy sources such...
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...In 2005, James Howard Kunstler wrote the essay “Globalization’s Time Is Up”, which focuses on how stable our social infrastructure on a global scale. This controversial essay by Kunstler attempts to convince the reader that globalization will soon be a thing of the past. He claims that the irresponsible consumption of linear resources caused by globalization will result in another war for humanity as societies clash in battles for the world’s remaining supplies, such as oil and energy sources. Although the author does make strong arguments on how globalization in other cultures throughout history has failed, and how it will likely fail again. He fails to provide any solutions or alternatives to the dilemmas he brings up in globalization. This...
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...‘Did you know that, if taken advantage of to its fullest extent, sunlight that beams on the earth for one hour could meet world energy demands for an entire year?’ This demonstrates that there is enough energy potential to meet the ‘world energy demand’. But, what is energy and how does it concern us? Energy is an essential factor of life which humans heavily depend on. In Physics, the definition of energy is the resources needed to do work. Biologically, energy is used through respiration to allow the human body to function. However, most of the energy that we depend on so heavily, in the modern world, is used to make electricity. There are many ways in which energy can be converted to electrical energy. However, the resources can generally...
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...------------------------------------------------- Design Technology ------------------------------------------------- Research Essay Chitransh Mathur Task: Research Essay Unit: Systems Design Due Date: 29/4/13 Weighting: 25% The concept of renewable energy within Australia, particularly Solar Energy has a huge scope of serious development and benefit to our future energy needs. Our country to this date has the highest average solar radiation per square meter of any country in the world (Geoscience Australia, 2012). Even our solar radiation in the southern regions has a higher overall radiation than countries like Germany, who are one of the most developed nations in terms of Solar Energy. Since late 2012, 10% of Australian energy relies on renewable sources of which 0.03% is Solar (T. Flannery, V.Sahajwalla, 2012). Although this percentage is small, due to the continual evolution of the concept and the current state of the economy and particularly the feed-in tariffs schemes; Solar Energy in Australia is becoming progressively affordable. The current state of Solar Energy in Australia is advancing, though obstacles such as ecological impacts & risks, the heritage & cultural boundaries placed...
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... | | | | |Unit Code No.: |HOS201 | | | | |Unit Title: |Operation and Environmental Management | | | | |Assessment No.: |Individual essay | | | | |Lecturer: |Ms.Trinidad Navarro | | |...
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...will prevent most of the outgoing infrared radiation at the atmosphere from escaping into outer space. The main source of carbon dioxide emission is the burning of fossil fuels to generate energy in order to meet our daily requirements. Although the dependable energy supply by fossil fuel is essential in our every day life, because of its adverse effect is why the government should implement policies to encourage the use of renewable energy resources to conserve the environment. Fossil fuels like coal, petroleum, uranium, natural gases are non-renewable energy sources, which mean these resources cannot be re-made or regenerated. In contrast to that, renewable energy resources like hydroelectric energy, solar energy, wind energy, and geothermal energy do not deplete, or it will take a substantially long time to deplete them as it can be replenished by nature. Statistics has shown that there is an increase in the investment of renewable energy over the pass few years, in 2007 more than $100 billion was invested in renewable energy (Renewables 2007 Global Status Report 2007, p. 16). Even China which has overtaken the United States as the world’s leading producer of greenhouse gases (cited in Joseph Kahn and Jim Yardley 2007 p.1). is switching to renewable energy resources(Renewables 2007 Global Status Report 2007, p. 8). The main reason for the switch to renewable...
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...The way that this essay is written is very much like story-telling, it tells of when and how nuclear plants were shut down and how the goals of fossil fuel reduction were put in place in Germany. This makes this essay much more attention-grabbing and interesting. The way that events are written chronologically in this essay make it much easier to understand. It is an extremely complicated issue, with lots of numbers, so I am thankful that Kunzig used chronological order for this essay. Although there were a lot of German words I was not able to completely pronounce or understand, the other words that are included are simplified and also make it easier for this essay to be understood by its audience. Fossil fuels will affect not only my future,...
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...of Energy: Guiding Decisions with Evidence In order to reduce the negative environmental impacts of an ever growing human population and increasing demands for energy as technological advances continue, individual countries, states, cities and even households have the opportunity to shift their energy sources to those that are renewable. However, not all locations are equally amenable to any particular form of energy. For this assignment you will assess your own location, existing energy use, the advantages and disadvantages of different energy sources, and ways to reduce energy demand through conservation. Be sure to explore the following resources to begin your research and to support your ideas with supporting facts. While the provided resources focus on the United States, you are welcome to explore the energy situation within your own state of residence, one that you would like to live in or have visited in the past, and also an international location. In order to focus your discussion, be sure to focus on a specific region. Resources: * U.S. Department of Energy: * http://www.energysavers.gov/ * http://energy.gov/ * U.S. Energy Information Administration: http://205.254.135.7/ * State energy profiles provided by the U.S.E.I.A.: http://www.eia.gov/state/ * National Renewable Energy Laboratory: http://www.nrel.gov/ * Energy4Me: http://www.energy4me.org/energy-facts/energy-sources/ Your assignment should be written in an essay format...
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...[Your Name] [Instructor Name] [Course Number] [Date] [Title]: Solar Energy / Power Solar Energy is An Excellent Source of Alternative Energy Because It is Renewable, It Is economical, and It Is Environmental Safe In recent decades scientists have considered the use of solar energy as an application of alternative energy sources. For many years solar energy is considered an outstanding worldwide energy source. Solar energy and solar power are two different terms. Solar power is converting sunlight into electricity. “The potential of solar energy with technologies and the reductions in climate changes could provide most of the worlds energy by 2060 according to IEA report in 2011.” Solar energy is an excellent source of alternative energy because it is renewable, it is economical, and it is environmental safe. This essay describes several features that categorize solar energy as an excellent source of energy and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of solar energy. Solar energy derives its power from the sun radiation striking the earth. Not all sunlight reaches the earth surface. Yet that which is received is more than the human species need to sustain life. The energy of the sun radiation that is deposit in our region of North America is sufficient. Solar energy is a renewable energy source as well. With technology, the cost to install solar panels outweighs the cost of producing coals, oil and gas. The amount of solar radiation- sunlight deposited...
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...the deductive argument, or some of the supporting information for the inductive reasoning. • Explain your answer using the course materials to support your findings. Article 1: “Biofuels Are Not a Viable Renewable Energy” Written by: Danny Chivers In this essay the author attempts to prove that biofuels are not a viable renewable energy source. He uses facts that are both relevant and sound to prove his conclusion. He gave many examples of how biofuels could be used locally, but that on a global scale it would be pointless, and potentially more harmful. I believe that the author is using a deductive argument to prove his argument, because he uses many facts, such as the statistics from reports and research that has been done, and he gives sufficient evidence to support his deduction. He gives several reasons that biofuels are not a viable renewable energy source, such as: the potential danger it would put on food stores and food crop prices, the indirect emissions resulting from destroying peat land or rainforest to build more room to grow energy crops, and the shear amount of farmland that would be needed to make a significant change in global dependence to fossil fuels. From all of the statistics and examples, results from research, and information from credible sources, I would have to say that the author did a good job of presenting his argument using deduction. I do not see how it would be possible for the...
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...Higher School of Economics Nizhny Novgorod branch Essay «Investing in renewable energy: global trend» Student: Kutina Alexandra, 12e2 Tutor: Korenkova Marianna Maximovna N. Novgorod 2015 In contemporary business life one of the relatively recent trends is the growing appeal of corporate and private investors to renewable energy. It is well-known fact that in current world people face the problems of scarcer petroleum reserves and global warming. Due to these burning issues, nowadays people pay more and more attention to developing alternative sources of energy. However, developing renewable and natural energy sources such as solar and wind powers, for instance, is believed to be time and money-consuming and unprofitable. There is still significant uncertainty associated with outputs of renewable technologies. This young industry also encounters difficulties with government support in many countries. As investors are always intend to make high returns in their investment it is really attention-grabbing to analyze their incentives and purposes, and observe the present-day situation on the market of renewable energy. Thus, it is important to find worthy arguments in support of the growing popularity of projects devoted to alternative energy powers. First of all, it is reasonable to track investment in renewable power and fuels. The chart below clearly demonstrates...
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...Coventry University Pre-Sessional Programme ------------------------------------------------- ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION To be affixed to all assessed work ------------------------------------------------- Name | Mohamad Idkhil | Student Number | 4982812 | Class and Literacy Tutor | Newton 1 | Project Number | 1 | Title | Discuss The role of technology in your subject area and examine how this role could change or develop in the future | Word Count | 960 | Academic Course after Pre-sessional | Electrical and Electronic engineering | Academic Course (tick) | /□ PG | Coventry University Pre-Sessional Programme ------------------------------------------------- PLAGIARISM DECLARATION To be affixed to all assessed work ------------------------------------------------- For an extensive account of what constitutes cheating and plagiarism, see Appendix 1 of the University’s General Regulations, which may be found on the Faculty’s Web. 4. Definition of cheating 4.1 Cheating is defined as a) […] b) any attempt to gain an unfair advantage in an assessment (including examinations). This includes (but is not confined to): i. copying from other candidates; ii. collusion; iii. impersonation; iv. plagiarism i.e. presenting the work of others as if it is one’s own (this includes buying or acquiring work/effort/programming code from another party (in full or in part) for the completion of an Assessment); v. the unacknowledged...
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