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The five sources of energy are solar, nuclear, wind, hydroelectric and fossil fuels. Nowadays there are five energy sources: fossil fuels, nuclear, wind, hydroelectric amd solar. The alternative sources are solar, wind and hydroelectric.
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Other energy sources?
There are many great energy sources other than wind turbines. There is hydroelectric power and solar power.
What are energy sources other than fossil fuel called?
Re-newable
What is a non oil energy?
Solar. Almost all of the usable energy on the Earth comes from the sun.
Many energy source use turbines to generate electricity what is one type of energy source that does not use turbines?
solar
What other energy sources could replace the use of petroleum?
There aren't many energy sources that can replace petroleum. Petroleum - gasoline and natural gas - is both energy-rich _and_ easily portable; very few energy sources meet both criteria. In most applications, you would need to combine two or more power sources to replace the petroleum. Electrical: In order to be portable, you'll need to store the electricity. Batteries are heavy and not particularly efficient. Charging the battery can take considerable time, and the batteries themselves can undergo a finite number of recharge cycles before they need to be replaced, and batteries can be expensive. The electric energy used to recharge the battery has to come from someplace, and that's generally a power plant that uses hydroelectric, nuclear, coal, oil, or natural gas. Wind: Wind power isn't constant, and varies too much over the course of a day. We can't use wind power for vehicles, although sailing ships using solely wind power crossed the oceans for hundreds of years. Nuclear: Nuclear power plants are massive. They're "portable" in ships, but not in land vehicles. Nuclear powered ships can sail for a couple of years before needing to be refuelled. Hydroelectric; Hydro-electric power is generated by using running water to spin turbines to generate electricity. At its simplest, this can be something as simple as a water wheel, but to generate substantial amounts of energy, we'll need a large volume of water falling quite a distance. That means a high dam, with lots of water behind it. That's not at all portable, of course, but it's generally pretty reliable and constant. The flooded valley behind the dam can have its own costs; however, the water storage, flood control and recreational resource aspects make hydroelectric dams an attractive option. Solar: Solar power works as long as the Sun is shining. You'll need batteries (see above) for night time or periods of bad weather. Alcohol-based fuels; We can convert plant matter into alcohol and use the alcohol as our portable fuel. However, alcohol contains less energy (fewer BTUs per gallon) than gasoline, and the plant materials aren't easily fermented to produce alcohol. In current alcohol production, it takes gasoline and natural gas to make the alcohol, so we often get less energy from the alcohol than we spent in fossil fuels to make it. Also, current alcohol production is almost totally dependent on corn, so we're using food to create fuel. The price of corn has recently risen high enough that some people are struggling to afford the food that we're turning into alcohol. And if we devote acreage to grow some other plant, we're decreasing the amount of edible crops we can grow. It's sometimes an uncomfortable tradeoff.
What energy source is renewable?
Renewable energy sources are Solar, wind, Geothermal, Tidal are prime energy sources
What sources of energy are wind and solar?
Wind and solar are renewable energy.
What is one renewable source of energy?
One renewable source of energy is solar energy. You can get solar energy from using solar panels. The Renewable Sources of Energy are: Solar Power Hydro Electricity Wind Power Biomass Geothermal
What is Arizona Solar Center's motto?
The motto of Arizona Solar Center is 'Your Guide to Solar and other Renewable Energy Sources in Arizona'.
How does renewable source provide energy?
Wind, water, solar and other renewable sources of power can all be harnessed to generate electricity.
What are all the renewable sources of energy?
Solar energy,wind energyhydroelectric energytidalwavegeothermalbiofuel
Fuels such as the wind and sun that can generate power without being used up?
Wind energy and solar energy are called renewable energy sources. Other renewable energy sources include hydroelectricity (generated by water movement) and geothermal energy.
Why solar energy is harnessed?
Solar energy is harnessed because it is a renewable source of energy and we should make full use of it to lower the pressure on the traditional or non-renewable sources of energy.
Is electricity non renewable or renewable?
Sources of energy are termed renewable and non-renewable. Electricity can come from many sources including power plants, wind farms, hydroelectric plants and solar panels. Power plants that burn fossil fuels are using non-renewable fuel sources, but energy from solar panels use renewable energy. A power plant can use biofuels, which are renewable.
What what of the five renewable energy sources are actually indirect forms of solar energy?
water
Is electrical energy renewable or non renewable?
The most popular renewable energy sources currently are: Solar energy. Wind energy. Hydro energy. Tidal energy. Geothermal energy. Biomass energy.
Give three more examples of renewable energy resources?
Renewable energy! Solar energy, wind power, hydro power and Geothermal power. Hope i helped:)
