Green Electricity: 25 Green Technologies That Will Electrify Your Future

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Название: Green Electricity: 25 Green Technologies That Will Electrify Your Future

Автор: Haven K.

Издательство: Santa Barbara, Califirnia, Denver, Colorado, Oxford, England

Год: 2011

Формат: PDF, DOC

Размер: 5,68 Мб

Качество: Хорошее

Язык: Английский

Our existing electric utility industry and power supply and delivery systems are woefully outdated. Indeed, the existing power grid we use today uses 100-year-old technology! This book lays out the possible blueprints for a greener future in a way that will engage middle school learners, enabling students and teachers to explore the emerging energy technologies that could become the future of our electrical supply system.

In Part 1 of Green Electricity: 25 Green Technologies That Will Electrify Your Future, the author describes the amazing patchwork of 1,300 power plants and over 5 million miles of wire that comprise our national grid and reveals the environmental damages it produces. Part 2 examines the 25 leading ecofriendly contenders to modernize and replace our current grid, describing each proposed technology and how it works. Other relevant information is also provided, such as a qualitative assessment of the pluses, minuses, and limitations of each system, and an assessment of that technology's potential to contribute to our future electrical appetite.

Contents

Introduction

Using This Book

Not So Green: The Grid We Have Today

The Amazing U.S. Electric Grid: Delivering Electricity to Your Doorstep

What DoesGreen Mean?

A Closer Look at Why Our Grid Isn’t Green

Greener Pastures: 25 Electric Technologies of the Future

Introduction

Free Electricity for Everyone!: Fusion

Let the Sun Sizzle!: Solar Thermal Electricity

Beaming Megawatts: Solar Energy from Space

Up on the Roof: Solar Photovoltaic Energy

Blowin’ in the Wind: Wind Turbines

Go Fly a Kite!: Wind Kites

Mighty Minnies: Micro-Nukes

The Genie’s Magic Energy Lamp: Fuel Cells

Borrowing the Planet’s Energy: Geothermal Energy

River Hum: Hydroelectric Energy

A Swim in the Balmy, Briny Sea: Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)

Catch a Wave, Dude!: Ocean Wave Energy

Rollin’, Rollin’ with the Tide: Ocean Tidal Energy

The Mightiest River: Ocean Current Energy

The Sweet Smell of Garbage: Municipal Solid Waste

Taking the Power Plant to the Farm: Bio Crop Waste

Growing Electricity: Energy Crops

A BIG Future for the Smallest Atom: Hydrogen

Natural Gas: Methane Energy

A Tidy Lump of Coal: Clean Coal Technology

Teaming Up: Electrical Cogeneration

Second Time Around: Energy Recapture

Electricity in a Box: Batteries and Energy Storage

Micro-Might: Nanotechnology

The Power Plant That Never Was: Energy Conservation

The Future Grid: The Horse Race to Your Greener Energy Future

Index