_____ is using less energy to provide the same service.
What is Energy Efficiency
100
______ were formed from the buried remains of plants and tiny animals that lived hundred of millions of years ago.
What are Fossil Fuels
100
This sector of the US economy consumes most of the nation’s petroleum.
What is Transportation
100
PV stands for _____.
What is Photovoltaic
100
This United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held in Marrakech this year.
What is COP22
200
A small-scale power grid that can operate independently or in conjunction with the area's main electrical grid, usually with its own power resources, generation and loads and definable boundaries is a ________.
What is a Microgrid
200
This fuel produces the most energy in the United States.
What is Petroleum
200
The current price/kWh in New England.
(we will accept +/- $0.01)
What is ~$0.09
200
The first production electric car was built by inventor Thomas Parker in 1884 using his own specially designed high-capacity rechargeable batteries in this city.
What is London
200
This country leads the world in renewable energy investment and instillations.
What is China
300
_____ is a device that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
What is an Alternator
300
The fastest growing energy source in the world.
What is Wind
300
This household appliance uses the most energy in the typical home.
What is Central Air Conditioning
300
This renewable energy source provides the US with the most renewable energy.
What is Hydropower
300
This country has the highest governmental standard for average fuel economy for all new passenger automobiles sold.
What is Japan
400
_____ is a grounded metal screen surrounding a piece of equipment to exclude electrostatic and electromagnetic influences.
What is a Faraday Cage
400
This energy source is not ultimately derived from the sun.
What is Nuclear Energy
400
This sector of the US economy consumes the most energy.
What is Electric Power Generation
400
The US uses _____% of total energy from renewable sources.
(we will accept +/- 1%)
What is ~9.8%
400
This country generated 100% of its electricity from renewable sources: 75% from large hydro & 25% from geothermal.
What is Iceland
500
_______ is the standard unit of work or energy in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the work done by a force of one newton is displaced through a distance of one metre in the direction of the force.
What is a Joule
500
This energy source has the highest LCOE (levelized cost of energy).
What is Coal
500
This country consumes the most energy.
What is the United States
500
The most abundant clean energy used in the world.
What is Solar
500
This Latin American country was powered by 100% renewable energy for 75 days straight.