...Renewable Energy in Nevada Nevada is a state in Western and Southwestern of United. It’s one of the most driest states. Most of the areas in Nevada are desert and semiarid climate regions. It’s also a 35th populous state with some of the big city such as Las Vegas, Carson City and Reno. There’er about 2.8 million of residents and 38.5 visitor in 2014.In order to maintain the businesses in those big cities, the energy power plants need to produce huge amount of electricity. Previously, the energy resources are mostly came from coals and fossil fuels which is nonrenewable energy. The Government of Nevada had realized about this problems, therefore the government had cooperated with energy developer to develop the renewable energy until 1997,...
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...Abstract The Central Valley is an area of 18,000 square miles located in central California in the United States. Due to its size, the valley encompasses two different climate types, a hot Mediterranean climate (Csa) in its northern section and a low-latitude desert climate (BWh) in its southern section. These climate types, along with seasonality, latitude, and location affect the energy, moisture, and pressure of the area. Introduction Physiographic Setting of the Region The Central Valley is located centrally in the heart of California and is surrounded by two mountain ranges, the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the east and the Coast Range to the west. It is about 450 miles long, parallels the Pacific Ocean, and spans approximately 18,000...
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...Chapter 4 Concentrating Solar Power Clean energy for the electric Grid Gary Gereffi and Kristen Dubay Jess Robinson and Yuber Romero Contributing CGGC researchers: by Summary Concentrating solar power (CSP), also referred to as concentrating solar thermal power, represents a powerful, clean, endless, and reliable source of energy with the capacity to entirely satisfy the present and future electricity needs of the United States. Concentrating solar power plants produce no carbon dioxide (CO2), thus reducing carbon emissions from electricity generation by approximately 600 pounds per megawatt-hour (BrightSource Energy, 2008).4 The evolution of CO2 emissions regulations, the pressure of international fossil fuel prices, and the experience, knowledge, and technological readiness amassed during several decades of CSP research have launched the technology into a new era of commercial reality. The United States and Spain have integrated CSP into their national electricity supply grids through large-scale commercial plants. Eight of the 13 biggest planned CSP projects in the world will be located in California and Arizona. The Sun Belt region of the United States, particularly the Southwest, is one of the largest areas in the world for CSP exploitation because of its abundant sunshine. In addition to generating a new clean source of energy, expansion of the industry promises to create economic opportunity for many different businesses along multiple stages of the value...
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...Abstract Solar energy is renewable energy that comes from the sun. The paper tries to focus on the new advancement in solar energy technology. However, advancement in solar energy comes with problems for instance the collection and distribution of this energy harnessed from the sun. it further evaluates the problem by exploring the technology used to promote efficiency in solar power collection and storage. On the literature review, the study focuses on how other authors and researchers have developed and enhanced solar energy. The methodology used is extensive research on the problem statement and the findings are crucial because they have thoroughly depicted all the advances both present and futuristic in terms of solar energy usage. The most intriguing aspect of this study is how solar harvesting has been adopted by the architecture industry by incorporating windows as solar harvesting panels. Finally, the conclusion clearly stipulates highlights the subject of study as well as giving a prediction of future solar power usage based on the findings. Introduction Solar energy is renewable energy derived from the sun’s rays. This energy is in the form of heat and light, it is collected by solar panels which convert them into useful energy. It has two forms, passive and active solar energy. Passive solar energy is the direct use of solar power in practical form, for instance, the use of solar panels to redirect light into crops. Active solar energy is the use of solar panels to...
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...Natural Energy the Better Solution Joseph Brown Strayer University Professor Crosson ENG 215 March 6, 2013 Advances in natural energy have provided ways to create the energy that we need with little to no pollution. The United States of America however, is very slow with getting on board with the rest of the countries across the world who has embraced the methods of using natural energy. China and Russia have begun to fuel most of their energy using solar power and water, yet the United States continues to stick to the older ways of coal, oil and nuclear plants to power our part of the world. There have been studies and research done on how the toxic pollution from these dirty forms of energy is causing major damage to the environment. There are even more problems with the people who have to live near these energy plants or breathe in the harmful air which can cause heart problems, cancer and sometimes even death. America has always been the master cranium when it came to making innovative ideas that the world would soon follow. Now, it may be time for America to learn a few facts from other countries on how to incorporate a better way to power up this nation. What are we waiting on, this is America. Natural Power is an independent renewable energy that uses...
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...University of Phoenix Material Basics of Astronomy Outline Amanda Taddei 8-27-2012 Complete the outline based on the readings for this week: Ch. 1–4 of The Cosmic Perspective. Use complete sentences for all sub points listed. The following is an example of a completed outline: 1. Our place in the universe a. The modern view of the universe 1) What is our Sun and what is its role in the solar system? a) Our sun is a hot ball of glowing gases that is at the heart of our solar system. b) Our suns role is to give out energy and heat. This energy and heat allows for there to be life on earth. However, even though our sun is unique and life giving there are billions of stars that are just like it in the Milky Way galaxy. (Solar System Exploration, 2012) 2) What is our Milky Way galaxy and the sun’s position in it? a) The Milky Way galaxy is a spiral galaxy that has arms that extend out from the center like a pinwheel. Our galaxy is one of about 100 billion visible universes. (Solar System Exploration, 2012) b) The sun’s posistion in the galaxy is in the Orions arm of the Mily Way. However, because of how our planets are set up in our system there is life on Earth. The Sun has an almost circular orbit. The sun is just the right distance from the center of our galaxy to promote life. The planets and our sun are just the right distance apart for one of our planets, Earth, to have higher intelegance life on it. 3) What is the Big Bang and what does...
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...Topic For this exam, I decided to write about the poorest of the poor living in the shadows of the United States of America. “The Other America 2012” is somewhat of a reflection on social commentary that first arose 50 years ago. The push came when nearly fifty years ago when Michael Harrington “brought the ‘invisible poor’ out of the shadows in his classic expose The Other America, another generation [now] is discovering that many parts of the country, and many demographic groups, are living impoverished lives” (Abramsky 2012). The article covers information on farmworkers being exploited due to the “abundance of labor” (Abramsky 2012) to the Republican Right “barely camouflaging racist remarks” and blaming the poor for their own misery. I did however find something interesting about the article, in that it provides for no real solution. Granted of the solution to national poverty was indeed that easy then I’m sure we would have done it by now. Other than the critiques of past politicians and several near-miss good ideas the problem of “47 million Americans still live below the government’s prospected poverty line” (Abramsky). The few references the author did make seem too ideal to ever work in s such a split society such as ours. Abramsky makes a reference to Obama’s re-election campaign with a series of speeches “decrying the country’s growing inequalities and increasingly regressive tax codes”, with no answers for fixing the problem. The President or anyone else...
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...Clicking Clean: How Companies are Creating the Green Internet April2014 greenpeace.org For more information contact: enquiries@greenpeace.org Lead Author: Gary Cook, Greenpeace Co-Authors: Tom Dowdall, Greenpeace David Pomerantz, Greenpeace Yifei Wang, Greenpeace Editor: David Pomerantz, Greenpeace Creative Direction & Design by: Arc Communications Published in April 2014 by Greenpeace Inc. 702 H Street, NW Suite 300 Washington, D.C. 20001 United States greenpeace.org 2 Contents Executive Summary 5 Company Scorecard 7 Cloud Source 9 Global Energy Snapshot 13 The Cloud’s Next Stop: China 17 The Road Map to a Green Internet 19 Your Online World: Green IRL, or #dirty? 25 Green Internet Leaders and Best Practices 29 Where the Cloud Touches the Ground -- Map: Global Data Center Hot Spots -- Map: US Data Center Hot Spots -- US Regional Profiles 35 36 38 40 Appendix 1: Methodology 42 Appendix 2: Company Scores Explained 44 Appendix 3: Company Data Center Facilities and Estimates of Power Demand 64 Notes 78 03 4 © Frank van Biemen / EvoSwitch / Greenpeace Greenpeace USA Clicking Clean: How Companies are Creating the Green Internet Executive Summary Executive Summary For the estimated 2.5 billion people around the world who are connected to the internet, it is impossible to imagine life without...
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...John (CEO) and Jean Abernathy (CFO), a husband and wife team, owned and operated J&J Electrical Contractors, Inc. (J&J).1 J&J performed commercial, industrial, residential, and public electrical-contracting work. Electrical work included wiring and installing anything to do with power, lighting, or other electrical equipment, and electrical contractors had to be licensed by the state of California. Often, electrical contractors were called to a job by a general contractor who had overall responsibility for constructing a building or remodeling it. But they could also bid on projects independently, especially in the public sector. By May 2006, John and Jean had successfully grown J&J from a company of three electricians to one of fifty-four employees. They took the company to 2005 revenues of $5.22 million, a 75 percent growth over revenues of $2.98 million in 2001. J&J prided itself on its reputation for good customer service as reflected by John: Our most important accomplishment has been customer service. We have built our reputation on integrity, responsibility and reliability. Even though we are not always the cheapest, when customers hire J&J Electrical for a project they know what they are going to get; there are not a lot of surprises. When we do have a bad project, we never have to go to court. Instead of letting it go to our bonding company or walking away from the project and going into litigation, we just fix the problem, take the loss, and go on. You ...
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...Development in the U.S Obstacles to Further Development in the U.S Policy Options to help promote EGS SECTION 7: CONCLUSION REFERENCES 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 19 20 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 Enhanced Geothermal Systems Page 2 PREFACE There is a pre-dominating energy crisis in the United States, as the country is currently relying on a finite supply of fossil fuels. This energy crisis, along with economic growth and environmental stability must be sustained by developing alternative, renewable energy sources. Population is expanding at a geometric rate and each doubling will increase energy demand that will far exceed supply. China and India have recently developed into industrialized nations and several more will follow. Many leading scientists describe the “tipping point” for carbon dioxide emissions as having already passed, meaning it could be too late for renewable energy options to have an impact (McKibben, 2008). However, until the full impact is determined, scientists worldwide should be developing energy alternatives, in order to help stabilize the environment, secure national policy interests and boost to the economy. One such option that is often ignored is Geothermal Energy, produced from both conventional hydrothermal and Enhanced (or...
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...Analysis………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..6 Destructive power of Comets & Asteroids Results of an impact on Earth Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………8 Is enough being done to protect humanity? Different methods and theories being explored Appendix…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….12 Photos of impact crates, and techniques to deflect incoming objects Bibliography………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..15 Brief History Natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes, and tsunamis wreak havoc on humans caught in their path, but the destruction in often centrally localized. On August 28, 2005, Hurricane Katrina unleashed her destructive force on the Southern Coast of the United States, affecting several States to included; Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. The reported death toll was more than 1,800 people and destruction of property surpassed $81 billion dollars. On December 26, 2004, an earthquake below the Indian Ocean triggered a Tsunami which claimed the lives of approximately 230,000 people in eleven countries. Waves of 30 meters (100 feet) high crashed into coastal communities, making the 2004 tsunami one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. However, there lurks an even greater threat, one which cannot be seen by the naked eye from the surface of our planet, but could possibly destroy all biological life as we know it. June 30, 1908 was a quite morning deep...
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...SOLAR PARABOLIC TROUGH 1.0 System Description Parabolic trough technology is currently the most proven solar thermal electric technology. This is primarily due to nine large commercial-scale solar power plants, the first of which has been operating in the California Mojave Desert since 1984. These plants, which continue to operate on a daily basis, range in size from 14 to 80 MW and represent a total of 354 MW of installed electric generating capacity. Large fields of parabolic trough collectors supply the thermal energy used to produce steam for a Rankine steam turbine/generator cycle. Figure 1. Solar/Rankine parabolic trough system schematic [1]. Plant Overview Figure 1 shows a process flow diagram that is representative of the majority of parabolic trough solar power plants in operation today. The collector field consists of a large field of single-axis tracking parabolic trough solar collectors. The solar field is modular in nature and is composed of many parallel rows of solar collectors aligned on a north-south horizontal axis. Each solar collector has a linear parabolic-shaped reflector that focuses the sun’s direct beam radiation on a linear receiver located at the focus of the parabola. The collectors track the sun from east to west during the day to ensure that the sun is continuously focused on the linear receiver. A heat transfer fluid (HTF) is heated as it circulates through the receiver and returns to a series of heat exchangers in the power block where the...
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...Geothermal Energy EM 530 – Energy, Economics & the Environment Josh Marder – Nicole Glick – Ali Yasir – Giovanni Rumbolo 4/20/2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS Problem Statement: Introduction: Page 2 Page 2 Past and Present Uses: Page 3 Energy: Economics: Environment: Risk Analysis: Recommendations: Page 7 Page 19 Page 28 Page 32 Page 34 1 PROBLEM STATEMENT There is a looming energy crisis in the United States, as the country is currently relying on a finite supply of fossil fuels. This energy crisis, along with economic growth and environmental stability must be sustained by developing alternative, renewable energy sources. Population is expanding at a geometric rate and each doubling will increase energy demand that will far exceed supply. China and India have recently developed into industrialized nations and several more will follow. Many leading scientists describe the “tipping point” for carbon dioxide emissions as having already passed, meaning it could be too late for renewable energy options to have an impact (McKibben, 2008). However, until the full impact is determined, scientists worldwide should be developing energy alternatives, in order to help stabilize the environment, secure national policy interests and boost to the economy. Geothermal energy represents a sizeable, renewable power source and is one of several alternative energy options that should be utilized. In order for this technology to be able to move forward with any success, it must achieve the...
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...07-042 July 25, 2007 SunPower: Focused on the Future of Solar Power Rebecca M. Henderson, Joel Conkling and Scott Roberts It was December 2006. Tom Werner, CEO of SunPower, glanced down at his watch and shook his head in dismay. His run was not going well, despite the sounds of John Lee Hooker’s “Boogie Chillen” coming through his earphones. He blamed the board meeting later that afternoon. Given SunPower’s position as the producer of the world’s most efficient solar cells, also known as photovoltaics or PV, and recent forecasts that solar power might be on the edge of explosive growth, he knew that he’d be asked some tough questions. Werner wondered how fast the solar power industry was likely to grow and how long SunPower’s advantage was likely to last. How could SunPower compete with much larger companies like Sharp and Q-Cells? Or with the niche “technology play” firms that were springing up? How could SunPower’s current advantage be turned into an enduring competitive edge? As the sun began to rise, Werner picked up the pace again, and began jogging home. Environmental Issues One of the most important drivers of the world’s renewed interest in solar power was its ability to offer energy independence in combination with significant environmental benefits. After all, the earth received more energy from the sun than humans consumed throughout an entire year. Since the burning of fossil fuels generated a number of noxious substances including SO2, NO, NO2, and particulates...
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...the free encyclopedia This is the latest accepted revision, accepted on 2 October 2010.Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the energy corporation. For other uses, see BP (disambiguation). For information on the oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon rig, see Deepwater Horizon oil spill. BP p.l.c. Type Public limited company (LSE: BP, NYSE: BP) Industry Oil and natural gas, alternative fuels Founded 1909 (as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company) 1954 (as the British Petroleum Company) 1998 (merger of British Petroleum and Amoco) Headquarters London, United Kingdom Area served Worldwide Key people Carl-Henric Svanberg (Chairman) Tony Hayward (CEO) Bob Dudley (Director, CEO (appointed)) Byron Grote (CFO)[1] Products BP petroleum and derived products BP service stations Air BP Aviation Fuels Castrol motor oil ARCO gas stations am/pm convenience stores Aral service stations solar panels Revenue US $246.1 billion (2009)[2] Operating income US $26.43 billion (2009)[2] Net income US $16.58 billion (2009)[2] Total assets US $236.0 billion (2009) Total equity US $101.6 billion (2009) Employees 80,300 (Dec 2009)[3] Website BP.com A 1922 BP advertisement.BP p.l.c.[4][5] (LSE: BP, NYSE: BP) is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third largest energy company and the fourth largest company in the world measured by revenues and is one of the six oil and gas "supermajors".[6][7] It has operations...
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