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What energy is needed to create electricity in a geothermal power plant?
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The energy from earth is required. This energy is used to create electricity.
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Is fuel needed to get geothermal energy?
Geothermal energy, such as hot springs, is used to heat home and factories so in this sense geothermal energy is fuel. However to create a system that uses geothermal needs an infrastucture which needs to be designed and built, in this sense geothermal energy needs an energy input.
When using geothermal energy to generate electricity is it necessary to burn any other type of fuels?
It would need an electricity supply to get the machines turning over when they start. When the machines are running, no extra energy is needed.
What energy is needed to create electricity from a windmill?
The energy for an electrical producing Windmill , is created by the wind, or moving air.
How expensive is geothermal energy to use?
because it has to be buit and the land needed and after you need to pay for the electricity but... after it will pay for itself so it's kind of free at the finish.
What kind of machine is needed to harness geothermal energy?
A pump and an electricity turbine. The pump drives water down a shaft to the hot rocks below. This water rises up a second shaft where it is used to spin turbines to generate electricity.
What is bad about geothermal energy?
it is the best thing in the whole world... it comes from the heat from the earth it may be expensive for the land needed and the price to build the geothermal energy system.
What are some advantages and disadvantages of using wind energy to create electricity?
The advantage is that wind is renewable- it does not get used up. Disadvantages- the wind does not always blow, it does not blow at a constant speed, and it does not always blow where electricity is needed. It can be costly to generate and store electricity from wind energy.
How does geothermal energy get to where it is needed?
Geothermal energy can only be exploited where the geology causes the right conditions, a source of heat near the earth's surface that is stable and allows a power plant to be built. An active volcano wouldn't be any use as the plant would probably be wrecked after a short time. Once the electricity is generated it can be sent to the nearest substation.
Energy transformations needed to use the electricity from chemical energy?
Battery?
What wind speed is needed to generate electricity?
wind energy
How are the energy resources linked to the sun?
All energy on earth comes originally from the sun, in various ways, for example, growing the vegetation 300 million years ago that turned into fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas). The only exception is energy from geothermal sources, that is, heat from underground.
What are the conditions needed to generate geothermal energy?
To create geothermal energy you need a source of heat in a safe place near the surface of the earth and you need water. Since it is costly to send electricity over 700 miles and make a profit, you need a large population nearby to purchase the energy you produce. In Italy, Mt. Etna provides heat near the surface but it frequently erupts. It would not be a safe place to put your geothermal energy plant. The Big Island of Hawaii has plenty of geothermal energy. It could produce enough to supply the entire United States. No way exists to get it there. The distance is too great and an ocean is in the way. California has some south of Mt. Lassen. It has water that it can heat. It can sell it to San Francisco. That is the one place where the United States can produce it profitably. The Pacific Coast of Chile could produce it profitably and light the city of Santiago. Columbia has the potential. It is in the midst of a revolution. No one in his right mind would invest money while the revolution is occurring. Mexico could supply Mexico with geothermal energy, and Mexicans could pay a small fraction of their current rates for electricity. Socialism controls the energy markets. A few politically connected bureaucrats determine where money may be invested. Thus in Mexico you would need a political climate that would allow geothermal energy. Indonesia has tremendous potential for geothermal energy. You will have to do your own research on the status of it in that area.
