Types of Renewable Energy
This University houses the largest on-campus anaerobic digester in the US.
What is Michigan State, Go Green baby!
What is natural gas.
This man invented the light bulb.
Who is Thomas Edison, who invented the light bulb in the year 1879.
This state generates the most energy from wind in the USA.
What is Texas, 16.7% of their power comes from 10,700 wind turbines.
This has been the most prominent source of renewable energy in Michigan since 2013.
What is wind, accounting for 5% of Michigan's total energy production.
What is Natural Gas.
This technology was invented in 1911 by A. Goss and can now be found in nearly every US home.
What is the electric refrigerator, 23% of US homes have 2 of them.
This state leads the US in solar energy production.
What is California, 17% of the energy consumed is solar generated.
This is the most relied-upon source of renewable energy in the world.
What is water, hydropower world-wide has a capacity of 1308 gigawatts.
This percent of US energy is generated from Fossil Fuels.
What is...
50%, 60%, 70%, 80%
What is 60%
Invented by William Armstrong in 1878, this was the first form of renewable energy.
What is hydroelectric power, first used at scale in the Appleton Edison Light Company's power plant on the Fox river in Appleton, Wisconsin.
This country leads the world in energy consumption every year.
What is China, consuming upwards of 141.7 exajoules annually (1 exajoule = 1 quintillion joules).
When utilizing geothermal heat pumps, it is important to note that temperatures 10ft below the Earth's surface typically stay in this 10 degree range.
What is 50-60 degrees Fahrenheit.
Is the demand for fossil fuels decreasing in the US?
No, while the percentage of energy from fossil fuels used compared to renewable energy is decreasing the amount consumed is still increasing every year.
The word "electricity" was coined from the Greek word "elektron" in this century.
What is the 1600's, coined by William Gerbert of England. He was also the first person to use terms like electric force, magnetic pole, and electric attraction.
This company headquartered in Moscow is the worlds largest energy producer.
What is Gazprom.
Being larger than 4 times the size of Central Park, this solar farm located in Southern California is the largest in the US.
What is Solar Star, which produces enough electricity for 255,000 homes.
This energy source is the safest, measured in deaths per thousand terawatt hours.
What is nuclear power, with 90 deaths per thousand terawatt hour. Followed by wind with 150, rooftop solar with 440, hydro with 1,400, natural gas with 4,000, oil with 36,000, and coal with 100,000 death per thousand terawatt hours.
Electricity first entered the US home in this decade.
What is the 1880's, 1882 was the first year that the Edison Electric Illuminating Company brought light into homes in Manhattan. It wasn't until 1925 that half of US homes had electric light.
This hydroelectric facility is the largest producer in America.
What is the Grand Coulee Hydro Dam, with 6765 megawatts in capacity it is located on the Columbian River.