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biomass energy energy that is produced from wood, manure, and grain.
biofuels liquid fuels from biomass sources.
biopower electricity that is generated by the combustion of biomass.
geothermal energy the heat produced from high pressure combined with the breakdown of radioactive elements.
ground source heat pump a system that utilizes the ground as a heat source or sink to provide space heating or cooling.
hydropower a type of renewable energy that uses the power of water flows to generate electricity.
tidal energy using the movement of tidal water to generate electricity
Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) a process that converts the thermal energy in ocean water to electrical energy that people can use.
passive solar heating designing a building to collect, store, and distribute the suns energy naturally.
active solar heating a system that uses a technology to collect, move, and store heat derived from the sun.
flat-plate solar collector consists of a black, heat-absorbing, metal plate in a flat box with a glass cover. for solar heating uses.
photovoltaic cell, (PV) a sandwich of two different layers of silicon that have been specially treated so they will let electricity flow through them in a specific way.
concentrating solar power (CSP) a technology that uses mirrors to to focus sunlight in order to generate electricity.
wind turbine a device that converts the wind's kinetic energy, (energy of motion) into electrical energy.
wind farm a non wind farm that wind turbines are built in. they contain hundreds of turbines.
electrolysis a process that releases oxygen/process that produces pure hydrogen gas.
fuel cell a device that generates electricity through an electrochemical reaction, not combustion.
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