ENVS 1126 Chapter : Chapter 16 Renewable Energy
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Renewable energy germany at 90% renewable energy since end of last year (2016). Issue with that is balance of renewable energy coming at the right time. Batteries might be the solution (but uses minerals that will have to strip mine: solar produce too little or too much. Positives: free (as long as you have equipment), renewable, non-polluting. Tb definition - using naturally heated water or steam to heat buildings or produce electricity. Use heat from earth to: dams uses huge amount of cement. Produces a lot of energy - (salmon cannons, salmon ladders not most efficient) 48. 3% of u. s. energy use in 2011. Is ahead of hydropower in u. s. renewable energy. Produced by burning wood or municipal waste, generating methane, or producing alcohol: biogas small bioreactors people can build. Take their waste and bacteria will digest the animal waste, food waste, and human waste. Creates gas and leftover part is a good fertilizer.
