Non-renewable Energy
The two types of non-renewable energy power stations
What are thermal power stations and nuclear power stations?
The harnessing of the kinetic energy of the wind to generate electricity
What is wind power?
A term for the gradual increase in the overall temperature of the Earth´s atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect
What is global warming?
An energy efficient mode of transportation that produces 0 carbon emissions (not walking)
What is bicycling?
The largest source of primary energy worldwide
What is oil?
The source of energy for thermal powerstations, such as natural gas, coal, and oil
What are fossil fuels?
The most widely-used renewable power source generating almost 20% of the world´s total total generated power
What is hyrdropower (hydroelectric power)?
The action of clearing a wide area of trees
What is deforestation?
The most energy-efficient type of light bulb
What are LED bulbs?
The country that consumes the most energy in the world
What is China?
Fuel sources for nuclear reactors
What are radioactive materials?
The two types of solar power stations that are used to harness sunlight to generate electricity
What are solar thermal and photovoltaic stations?
The product of the combination of pollutants and water vapor in the sky
What is acid rain?
The percent of energy savings produced by recycling aluminum
What is 90%?
The percent of energy from all resources that is used for electricity
What is 40%?
The element in power stations that when spun, is able to produce electricity
What are turbines?
The specific types of fuel that are produced from biomass which are then burned to produce energy in biomass power stations
What are charcoal, alcohol, and biogas?
The structures through which oil and natural gas are transported over land, which can leak resulting in natural disasters and damage to the environment
What are pipelines?
A process that occurs when gases in Earth´s atmosphere trap the Sun´s heat. This damaging process can also be reduced if we consume less energy
What is the greenhouse effect?
66% of the energy consumption in buildings in Spain are used for these purposes
What are heating, cooling, and ventilation?
Thermal power stations that use two systems to generate electricty: superheated gases that spin a turbine and also steam that spins another turbine
What are combined-cycle stations?
The three types of power stations that harness the energy or temperatures of ocean waves to produce electricity in marine power stations
What are tidal power, wave power, and thermal conversion stations?
A source of fuel that can be burned that will result in reduced sulphur emissions
What is low-sulphur coal?
The practice of reducing the reliance on centralized energy suppliers and power imports from far-off destinations by utilizing locally generated power, such as from wind farms or solar panels
What is energy self-sufficiency?
The location of the largest Concentrated Solar Power plant in the world, covering 100 acres
What is the Mojave Desert in California?