Solar and wind energy are both energy sources that are renewable and FREE to access. By using either one of these sources you can help reduce the amount of emission produced by fossil fuels. This in turn helps our environment, which as we know is in a dire state right now. Water has been used to power cities for many years. If you take for instance the Hover Dam which hold back the Lake Mead and distributes power to surrounding areas. To generate power independently, you need a moving body of water.
Wind may be used as an alternative source of energy. If your house is located on at least an acre of flat land, you could efficiently generate power. The major limitations with wind are that there may be mechanical breakdowns on the turbine unit requiring repair. Additionally birds or insects my be killed by colliding with the turbine blades.
The first problem is that our dependence on energy continues to grow. As the size of the population increases we are using more of our depleted natural reserves of fuel every single day. People today live longer due to advances in medicine and health care and we are a society dependent upon our electronic gadgets as well.
Renewable energy sources are all around us. We see them and sense them every time we go outside or even look out a window. There is no shortage of ideas for outstanding renewable energy science fair projects. Explore these suggestions and take your pick!There are many sources of energy that are renewable and considered to be environmentally friendly and harness natural processes. These sources of energy provide an alternate cleaner source of energy, helping to negate the effects of certain forms of pollution. All of these power generation techniques can be described as renewable since they are not depleting any resource to create the energy. While there are many large-scale renewable energy projects and production, renewable technologies are also suited to small off-grid applications, sometimes in rural and remote areas, where energy is often crucial in human development.
Other renewable energy science fair projects with solar power can explore the structure and functions of the solar updraft tower, the solar energy equivalent of a power plant. Did you know that a prototype solar updraft tower – Ciudad Real – was built in Spain in 1982 and operated until 1989? Today, several plans are underway to construct even larger solar updraft towers. Your project could investigate these plans and comment on their feasibility.
The fun of exploring renewable energy can also be applied to wind power. Did you know that 19 percent of the electricity in Denmark is produced by windmills? Did you know that the amount of electricity generated by wind power increased by a factor of more than five between 2000 and 2007? This is truly an emerging energy source. Your project could focus on the innovations that made the recent growth in wind power possible. Do you foresee further comparable growth in the future.
Geothermal energy is a very powerful and efficient way to extract a renewable energy from the earth through natural processes. This can be performed on a small scale to provide heat for a residential unit (a geothermal heat pump), or on a very large scale for energy production through a geothermal power plant.
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) is a fossil fuel substitute for gasoline, diesel, or propane fuel. Although its combustion does produce greenhouse gases, it is a more environmentally clean alternative to those fuels, and it is much safer than other fuels in the event of a spill (natural gas is lighter than air, and disperses quickly when released).
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