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What the Renewable
Energy Can Do For Us?
Econ 2505 Environmental Economics D-727
Ang Li
Prof. S. MacDonald
What is Renewable Energy?
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Renewable energy is energy that is generated from natural processes that
are continuously replenished. This includes sunlight, geothermal heat, wind,
tides, water, and various forms of biomass. This energy cannot be exhausted
and is constantly renewed.
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Renewable energy technologies range from solar power, wind power,
hydroelectricity/micro hydro, biomass and biofuels for transportation.
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Also the words of Alternative energy is a important term used for an energy
source that is an alternative to using fossil fuels. Generally, it indicates
energies that are non-traditional and have low environmental impact. The
term alternative is used to contrast with fossil fuels according to some
sources. By most definitions alternative energy doesn't harm the environment,
a distinction which separates it from renewable energy which may or may not
have significant environmental impact.
Renewable Energy is not far from us
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I have visited the Brooklyn Navy Yard building 92 twice for this project. The
building was not a high technology building, but it does contain a lot of good
design for renewable energy use. From using the sun to heat up water, using
the rain water to flush the toilet, use of the underground water to heats and
cool the building and use the scrap metal to create a sun screen to keep the
building from direct sun light to save energy during summer time. The
building 92 is a perfect sample for renewable energy. Everything that the
building does is trying to save energy and save environment. Here is some the
developed way that the building use to save the environment.
Use it, and give it back
Much of the water used in BLDG 92
comes from the ground directly
beneath the building. The wells were
dug down to 100 feet below ground at
several locations around BLDG 92.
water pumped from these wells passes
through a heat exchange system in the
building to provide heat in the winter
and cooling in the summer. Once this
pumped water has run though the
building, it is discharge back
underground in to a well on the north
side of the building. By doing this, it
saved a lot of electricity and fuel for
heat.
From the roof to the sewer
In building 92, they
discovered a tunnel
was five feet in
diameter and made of
brick, so they turn it
to a big water tank to
store rainwater.
The BLDG 92 use the
rainwater that
collected from the
roof then store
underground for use
in the building’s
toilets. By doing this
BLDG 92 save 68,000
gallons of water per
year.
Heat from the Sun
Instead of using a traditional hot
water heater in BLDG 92, they heat
water by the sun’s powerful rays.
On the roof of this building is a
solar installation which soaks up the
sun’s rays and transfer the heat to
water in pipes. This hot water is
stored in a tank and then pumped
to where people are using how
water at.
Eye Catching New Technology
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Nowadays people are finally realized the
green house effect are true, and the
technology that we developed before are
draining the earth and really hurting
ourselves. So the scientist are more focus on
develop the technology will save energy and
save the environment to make our home
more sustainable.
The Dutch Windwheel
The Dutch Windwheel is a concept for an eyecatching 174-metre tall building in the port city of
Rotterdam designed to act as a platform for a wide
variety of groundbreaking renewable energy
technologies.
The outer ring houses about 40 rotating cabins on a
giant rail system — whilst the inner ring will be
constructed from a novel wind turbine that converts
wind energy into electricity via a framework of
stationary steel tubes.
The new developed the technology, known as
EWICON (Electrostatic Wind Energy
Converter). It uses high voltages to produce
electrically charged water droplets in a series of
parallel horizontal elements to generate an
electric field. As wind forces the droplets
against this electric field, the converter is
charged and creates a direct current (DC). This
will be the first time this technology is used in a
building.
Tree generator
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French research and development
company NewWind has devised a novel
wind energy device inspired by the
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Topping out at some 36 feet tall, each
Wind Tree features 72 silently spinning
vertical axis micro-turbines designed to
resemble leaves. These turbines have a
3,100-watt capacity that can either be
fed into buildings via a main switchboard
or hooked up to the grid using an
inverter.
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According to NewWind, the main aim is
to capture more gentle winds in urban
environments — as low as two meters
per second — which they claim can make
each turbine operational for more than
280 days each year. look and feel of
trees.
Drive With Low Emission.
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Hybrid car sales have taken off in recent
years, with a fuel-sipping combination of
electric- and gas-powered technologies that
simultaneously deliver energy efficiency,
low emissions, and strong performance. The
Energy Department's National Renewable
Energy Laboratory (NREL) — which played a
pivotal role in putting hybrids on the road —
has applied a similar strategy to its talent
base and partnerships, bringing together
the best minds from the worlds of research
and industry. Many of the automobile
company are join in the team to start
research a new way to make the emission
go low.
Big Market for Electric Car
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Start with a great product – Tesla would
be dead today if they didn’t build the best
car available today. There are too many
obstacles — range, lack of road trips, and
buyer confusion to name a few. Tesla used
electric technology to build a car that
can’t be reproduced with a combustion
engine. It’s as fast as a Porsche and gets
the equivalent of 100 miles per gallon. It
has very few moving parts. It is the most
aerodynamic car made and has the most
cargo space of any car in its class. It’s a
sports car that seats seven.
Big Market for Electric Car
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Electric car can’t go on a road
trip?
The answer is YES.
Tesla superchargers are free for
use that charge Model S and
Model X in minutes instead of hours.
Hundreds of charging stations are
strategically placed to minimize
stops during long distance travel
and are conveniently located near
restaurants, shopping centers, and
WiFi hot spots. Each station
contains multiple Superchargers to
help you get back on the road
quickly.
Pay no more gas money!!!
You can find a charging station with one touch on you car screen, and the car
will even drew you a map to tell you how you want to plan your long trip, so
you will never run out of power.
Climate Action Plan
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On December 12 of 2015 President Obama announced the climate action plan
which including the clean energy plan. The whole plan itself are to change
the current climate situation in the U.S.A. The supreme court rejected plan
this year because the law suit file by 29 state. The main plan got shut down,
but the clean energy plan is still looking good and under review. The Clean
Power Plan is a historic and important step in reducing carbon pollution from
power plants that takes real action on climate change. It shaped by years of
unprecedented outreach and public engagement, the final Clean Power Plan
is fair, flexible and designed to strengthen the fast-growing trend toward
cleaner and lower-polluting American energy. With strong but achievable
standards for power plants, and customized goals for states to cut the carbon
pollution that is driving climate change, the Clean Power Plan provides
national consistency, accountability and a level playing field while reflecting
each state’s energy mix.
Climate Action Plan
Climate Action Plan
Climate Action Plan
Do Small
And
Save Big
Credit
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https://www.whitehouse.gov/climate-change
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https://www.teslamotors.com/supercharger
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https://scienceofrevenue.com/tag/tesla-marketing-strategy/
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http://www.nrel.gov/news/features/feature_detail.cfm/feature_id=15407
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrLT6fl70Hs
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http://www.newwind.fr/innovations/#vent-slider
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http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2015/05/wheels-towersand-trees-unconventional-renewable-energy-technologies-in-thepipeline.html