Vocabulary
What is a renewable resource?
Something that has an endless supply and replenishes naturally.
Solid fossil fuel
Coal
Motion
Kinetic Energy
Energy generated by the flow of water
Hydropower Energy
Where do solar panels get their energy from?
The Sun
What does a capacity factor represent?
How often an energy source is actually available.
Liquid fossil fuel
Oil
Sound waves
Sound Energy
Name THREE types of fossil fuels
Coal, oil, and natural gas.
What can be paired with solar power to enable it to provide power 24/7?
Battery Storage
What does LCoE stand for?
Levelized Cost of Electricity
Gaseous fossil fuel
Natural gas
Temperature difference
Thermal Energy
Photons are converted to electricity with this energy source.
Solar
What is a downside of solar power?
Requires a lot of land, Intermittent, Domestic supply chain is not very strong
What does NYISO stand for?
New York Independent System Operator
Radioactive Element-Based
Nuclear Energy
Movement or location
Mechanical Energy
Name four types of renewable energy sources
Solar, Wind, Hydropower, Geothermal, Biomass, Nuclear Fusion
What is the term used to describe when solar is combined with another activity? Example: farming underneath the solar panels
Co-Located Solar
What is an example of energy curtailment?
Shutting down wind turbines or solar panels during peak periods
Formed from the remains of ancient marine organisms, such as plants, algae, and bacteria.
Petrol
Chemical reactions
Chemical Energy
What energy source has the lowest (best) land use intensity (square meters/MWh)?
Nuclear
Solar has one of the cheapest Levelized Costs of Electricity. Why should we take this with a grain of salt?
It doesn't factor in reliability and the intermittency of solar power.