Wind
Solar Parks I
Solar Parks II
Other Solar Things
Biofuels & Toyota
100
a wind turbine's housing
nacelle
100
main con of solar energy
only available during daytime
100
How long would a proposed sun-powered train take to get from Tucson -> Phoenix?
half an hour
100
How biofuels are made
carbon fixation
200
how the wind turbine tower is kept facing the wind
fantail motor
200
Biggest photovoltaic solar generating plant—what, where, when
Agua Caliente; Yuma County, Arizona; 2014;
200
This 3,500-acre facility has 3 generating units, supplies > 140,000 homes
Ivanpah Solar Complex in Mojave Desert
200
This solar-powered plane w/ almost 12,000 solar cells flew from SF -> DC in 2013
Solar Impulse
200
limitations of biofuels
damage rubber seals & gaskets, useless at low temperatures, wear out car engine
300
Wind percent of world electricity
2.5%
300
The Ivanpah Solar Complex uses these sun-facing mirrors
heliostats
300
SEGS (Solar Energy Generating Systems)
CA plants making about 354 MW
300
Largest solar-powered boat, 5,000 sq ft of solar panels, 100 kW engine
MS Turanor PlanetSolar
300
What type of bacteria was used by U of Exeter researchers to make sugar into a diesel-like biofuel?
E. coli
400
Percent of energy from wind turbines in Denmark
>30%
400
This Solar Park being built in Gujarat, India; will generate 500 MW
Charanka Solar Park
400
the average speed of the MS Turanor PlanetSolar as it crossed the Atlantic in 22 days
6 mph
400
what percent of the energy is lost overall by running Toyota's fuel cell car, which combines hydrogen & oxygen to make electricity?
70%
500
how turbineless wind energy works
piezoelectric nanomaterials convert wind pressure -> electric current
500
This Solar Park in Golmud, Qinghai Province, China was the biggest in the world in 2011.
Huanghe Hydropower Golmud Solar Park
500
how much power Agua Caliente makes
397 MW
500
How many trains annually can be powered by Belgium's solar-panel tunnel?
4,000
500
how much Toyota's fuel cell car will cost
$50-$100,000
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