Alternate+Energy


 * Alternative Energy** **Alternative energy** is an umbrella term that refers to any source of usable energy intended to replace fuel sources without the undesired consequences of the replaced fuels.

The term "alternative" presupposes a set of undesirable energy technologies against which "alternative energies" are opposed. As such, the list of energy technologies excluded is an indicator of what problems that the alternative technologies are intended to address. Controversies regarding dominant sources of energy and their alternatives have a long history. The nature of what was regarded alternative energy sources has changed considerably, and today because of the variety of energy choices and differing goals of their advocates, defining some energy types as "alternative" is highly controversial.

In general, alternative energy is that which is produced without the undesired consequences of the burning of fossil fuels, such as high carbon dioxide emissions, the major contributing factor of global warming according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Sometimes, the less comprehensive meaning of "alternative energy" also excludes nuclear energy. Official use of the term excludes nuclear energy.

**__Alternative Energy Web Sites__** Alternative Energy News This site contains alternative energy news and information about renewable energy technologies. [|Goverment of Alberta Alternative Energy Information] The official Government of Alberta Alternative energy page. It does have some definitions and links to other Alberta and Canadian websites dealing with alternative energy. C.A.R.E. (Canadian Association for Renewable Energy) Lots of good up to date news items for Canadian Alternative enrgy projects.

__** Solar Power **__ **Solar power** is the generation of electricity from sunlight. This can be direct as with photovoltaic s’(PV), or indirect as with concentrating solar power (CSP), where the sun's energy is focused to boil water which is then used to provide power. Below is a diagram that the basic light to electron movement action that takes place in a silicon semiconductive solar panel.
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__** Solar Power Websites **__ Solar Power.org This site is dediacted to solar power news articles and information. They discuss various types of solar power: photovoltaic, solar cells, solar lighting, solar panels etc.

**__Eolian (Wind) Power__** **Wind power** is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form of energy, such as using wind turbines to make electricity, wind mills for mechanical power, wind pumps for pumping water or drainage, or sails to propel ships.


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 * __TiDAL POWER RSSCI__**
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Is Produced in much the same way as fossil fuels, the basic process is the creatoin of steam to spin a turbine and drive an electric genaroter.
 * __ Nuclear Energy: RSSCI __**

At Nuclear plants a nuclear reacter takes place of a combustoin boiler, heat produces steam witch comes from the energy realesed durring FISSIONING (the spliting of atoms) of uranium fuel, rather than from burning fossil fuels such as coal.

A controled Nuclear reactoin takes place, as the atoms split they hit other atoms causesing them to split, making heat and energy, the reactoin is controlled and stopped by movable rods that absoarb the realesed nuetrons.

This Chain Reactoin happes when technicians with draw the control rods from the reacter core, the nuetrons are realesed and started fissing produceing heat, a control rod witch is inserted into the reactor core acts as a blotter and absoarbs free neutrons and slow the fission process, the chain reactoin stops and electricity productoin stops when workers insert all rods.
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GEO THERMAL ENERGY: Is when you put water or re injected steam down a pipe witch goes twoards the center of the earth, the heat bulids up as it gets deeper making steam, the steam comes back up and spines a turbine, thus giving power to the Load.

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