Ch En 310
Reading
Questions for Class 16
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/solar.renewables/page/wind/wind.pdf
Additional
Info (optional):
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Topic: Renewables
(especially wind)
The reading assignment is to read the entire
first article and the pertinent information on where wind energy is and where
it is going that is contained in the second link. These seem to be up-to-date, unbiased articles,
which are quite hard to find! You could
also check a book out of the library on Renewable Energy, which might be a
substitute.
A. Renewable Energy
1. Please
summarize the major renewable energy sources in the
2. Of
the non-continuous renewable energy sources, which ones coincide with the peak
daily summer demand in electricity (i.e., the time of day at which peak demand
occurs in the summer)? Discuss
implications this has on power sources.
3. Please
list at least 5 ways that the drought in the
B. Wind
4. Off-shore
wind farms have been placed in the
5. Discuss
the locations in the
6. Comment
on the role that government subsidies have played in establishing wind power in
the
7. Comment
on the capital costs and transmission line cost considerations with wind
power. Compare the installation costs
per kW to those of conventional power sources.
Also comment on the net cost of electricity from wind power compared to
conventional power sources.
8. Summarize
the constraints on increasing wind-generated electricity (environmental, costs,
non-continuous nature of wind, etc.).
9. What
is the future of wind power in the
Write a question that will help the next
class better study an important point in this chapter, or that will serve as a
good discussion topic.