Nuclear
The type of uranium needed for nuclear reactors.
What is U-235?
The percentage of energy globally that is from renewable sources.
What is ~20%?
What CSP stands for.
What is Concentrated Solar Power?
What is geothermal energy?
The spelling out of the acronym NIMBY.
What is Not in My Back Yard?
The percentage of US power generated by nuclear power plants.
What is 20%?
The definition for a renewable resource.
What is capable of replacement through regeneration/regrowth/reproduction as fast as it is utilized?
The best third of the USA for on-shore wind power.
What is the middle third of the USA?
The two sources of biomass used for energy.
What are wastes and energy crops?
The approximate percentage of MSW that goes to landfills.
What is 50%?
The concentration needed of U-235 for nuclear reactors.
What is 3%?
These are two energy sources that are not as widely used yet.
What are tidal / wave / deep geothermal energy sources?
Negative attribute generally attributed to both solar and wind energy.
What are only being able to produce energy when conditions are right (aka inconsistent)?
What about 85% of US biofuel production is turned into.
What is ethanol?
The term for combining all recyclables together for pickup.
What is single stream recycling?
Location of high-level radioactive waste in the USA.
What is on site at nuclear power plants?
Two ways hydroelectric emits greenhouse gases.
What are methane emissions from decomposition of flooded organic matter, and energy used for construction/materials?
The three main parts of the system to get energy from a wind farm.
What are turbines, generators and transformers?
Where geothermal heat pumps have heat exchange.
What is in the ground?
The approximate percentage of MSW that is biodegradable.
What is 63%?
Proposed site for long-term storage of radioactive waste in the USA, including state.
What is Yucca Mountain, Nevada?
The largest dam in the world.
What is the Three Gorges Dam?
These are the elements used to dope silicon PV cells.
What are phosphorus (P) and boron (B)?
The third of the US that is best for geothermal.
What is the westernmost third of the country?
The name of the source/location of contaminated soil that may be used as an earthen cap for a landfills.
What is a brownfield?