Electronics

Heat
Transportation
Computers
Food Preparation
Communication
And Many More
 Oil

 Coal

 Natural Gas
Solar

Wind

Hydro
 Concentrating Solar
Power Systems
 Concentrating Solar
Power Systems

 Photovoltaic Systems
SMALL SCALE LARGE SCALE
Efficiency
You need the sun.
Wind Power
Modern Wind Power
What is
Good?
University
Uses veryof little
Delaware:land
The total energy power
which is “economically
viable”
Land is more than
around 7
it is still
times the world’s
usable
demand for electricity
What is Bad?
The wind does not always
blow
Hydropower
 How does hydro power work?

Water is built up behind

the dam and then allowed
to flow through it.

Illustrations taken from RenewableEnergyResource.net

 How does hydro power work?

Water is built up behind

the dam and then allowed
to flow through it.

The flow of water is then

channeled through a
turbine, which spins the
generator

Illustrations taken from RenewableEnergyResource.net

 How much power can one dam produce?

The Three 25 million tons of crude oil

Gorges dam
produces as 50 million tons of coal
much energy
each year as:
15 nuclear power plants
“Great Wall across the Yangtze”
-PBS
 What’s the catch?
Restricted water
flow downstream
 What’s the catch?
Restricted water
flow downstream

Dam failures
Mix
Solar
Solar
Wind
Hydro
Wind
Others

Hydro