Electric Cars
_____ is most commonly used for making batteries for EV's
What is: Lithium or Cobalt
These two types of animals are most often mentioned as being killed or disturbed by collisions with turbine blades.
Birds/Bats
What is solar energy?
Energy from the sun that is converted into electricity and heat.
What are modular nuclear reactors meant to serve as?
A transitional source of energy from non-renewable to renewable.
What is hydropower
electricity generated by harnessing the kinetic energy of moving water
How can Battery Mining affect places? (Multiple Answers can get you this point!)
Water depletion
Loss of biodiversity
soil and water contamination
These two quality-of-life issues arise from turbine operation and moving blades, leading to complaints from nearby residents.
Noise and shadow flicker
What are some benefits of solar energy?
Generate electricity without producing greenhouse gases/ Saves you money/ Affordable
What are modular nuclear reactors meant to replace?
Diesel Generators
renewable and low carbon, reliable based load, long operational life, economic benefits
EV's indirectly pollute the air with this carbon based energy source
Coal
Because wind output depends on weather and cannot be turned up on demand, it is described with this term, meaning you cannot call on it whenever you want.
non-dispatchable
What does solar energy’s efficiency heavily depend on?
Weather and Geographic Conditions
What are the main problems with modular nuclear reactors?
Misinformation surrounding it, lack of funding, private sector
What is at least oje limitation of hydropower?
can harm aquatic habitats, may produce methan reducing some of the climate benefits, reduce reliability
When more EV's come into an outdated power grid it causes
Grid Strain
These large composite components of wind turbines are notoriously hard to recycle and are increasingly piling up in landfills.
Turbine Blades
What is it called when solar technology uses sunlight to generate heat instead of electricity?
Solar thermal energy
How does a Nuclear Reactor work?
fuel rods boil water into steam, steam pushes large turbines to create electricity.
How do water dams generate electricity?
Stores power, releases power, spinning tturbine and then generates electricity
Wind turbines require substantial amounts of these three materials
Steel, Concrete, Copper, and/or rare earth elements
What is another name for solar panels?
Photovoltaic (PV) panels
How much energy does a modular nuclear reactor typically make?
1-50 megawatts