Petroleum
Petroleum products include transportation fuels, fuel oils for heating and electricity generation, asphalt and road oil, and the feed stocks used to make chemicals, plastics, and synthetic materials found in nearly everything we use today. About 74% of the 6.89 billion barrels of petroleum that we used in 2013 were gasoline, heating oil/diesel fuel, and jet fuel.
Oil and natural gas together make petroleum. Petroleum, which is Latin for “rock oil,” is a fossil fuel, meaning it was made naturally from decaying prehistoric plant and animal remains. It is a mixture of hundreds of different hydrocarbons molecules containing hydrogen and carbon that exist sometimes as a liquid (crude oil) and sometimes as a vapor (natural gas).
Petroleum products include transportation fuels, fuel oils for heating and electricity generation, asphalt and road oil, and the feed stocks used to make chemicals, plastics, and synthetic materials found in nearly everything we use today.
natural gas
Natural Gas is important because it is one fifth of the world fuel is natural gas.
You find Natural Gas near deposits of oil
We use Natural Gas for heating, cooking, electricity generation, fuel for vehicles, and chemical feedstock in the manufacture of plastics and other commercially important organic chemicals.
To use it for heating, cooking, electricity generation, fuel for vehicles, and chemical feedstock in the manufacture of plastics and other commercially important organic chemicals.
You find Natural Gas near deposits of oil
We use Natural Gas for heating, cooking, electricity generation, fuel for vehicles, and chemical feedstock in the manufacture of plastics and other commercially important organic chemicals.
To use it for heating, cooking, electricity generation, fuel for vehicles, and chemical feedstock in the manufacture of plastics and other commercially important organic chemicals.
coal
Coal provides 5 percent of our energy today.
We find it when plant material that was quickly buried in sediment.
We use it for electricity generation, steel, production, cement manufacturing, and as a liquid fuel.
We use it responsible for electricity generation, steel, production, cement manufacturing, and as a liquid fuel.
We find it when plant material that was quickly buried in sediment.
We use it for electricity generation, steel, production, cement manufacturing, and as a liquid fuel.
We use it responsible for electricity generation, steel, production, cement manufacturing, and as a liquid fuel.
nuclear Energy
Nuclear energy powers some ships, produce energy, and power submarines
When a nuclear power plant is functioning properly, it can run uninterrupted for up to 540 days. This results in fewer brownouts or other power interruptions. The running of the plant is also not contingent of weather or foreign suppliers, which makes it more stable than other forms of energy.
Nuclear reactors are built with several safety system designed to contain the radiation given off in the fission process. When these safety systems are properly installed and maintained, they function adequately. When they are not maintained, have structural flaws or were improperly installed, a nuclear reactor could release harmful amounts of radiation into the environment during the process of regular use. If a containment field were to rupture suddenly, the resulting leak of radiation could be catastrophic.
Nuclear energy powers some ships, produce energy, and power submarines
When a nuclear power plant is functioning properly, it can run uninterrupted for up to 540 days. This results in fewer brownouts or other power interruptions. The running of the plant is also not contingent of weather or foreign suppliers, which makes it more stable than other forms of energy.
Nuclear reactors are built with several safety system designed to contain the radiation given off in the fission process. When these safety systems are properly installed and maintained, they function adequately. When they are not maintained, have structural flaws or were improperly installed, a nuclear reactor could release harmful amounts of radiation into the environment during the process of regular use. If a containment field were to rupture suddenly, the resulting leak of radiation could be catastrophic.
Nuclear energy powers some ships, produce energy, and power submarines
HYDROELECTRIC enERGY
Regarded as a green energy, hydroelectric energy comes from the power of flowing water, a renewable resource, to generate electricity. Hydroelectric stations don't create pollution or contaminate the environment. In the United States, about 96 percent of the renewable energy and about 10 percent of the overall electricity produced comes from hydroelectric energy. Elements of a hydroelectric station are the flowing water, a turbine, a generator and transmission lines that conduct the electricity to end-point users.
Once a dam is constructed, electricity can be produced at a constant rate.
Dams are extremely expensive to build and must be built to a very high standard.
Once a dam is constructed, electricity can be produced at a constant rate.
Dams are extremely expensive to build and must be built to a very high standard.
geothermal energy
Concepts and Ground Temperature At a depth of below four feet, the ground temperature stays a constant 50 to 55 degrees year-round. During the winter, a geothermal system absorbs this extra heat from the earth and transfers it into your home.
Geothermal energy is renewable, meaning that as long as we don’t pump too much cold water into the earth -cooling off the hot rocks- the energy will just keep on coming
Since this type of energy is not widely used therefore the unavailability of equipment, staff, infrastructure, training pose hindrance to the installation of geothermal plants across the globe. Not enough skilled manpower and availability of suitable build location pose serious problem in adopting geothermal energy globally.
Geothermal energy is renewable, meaning that as long as we don’t pump too much cold water into the earth -cooling off the hot rocks- the energy will just keep on coming
Since this type of energy is not widely used therefore the unavailability of equipment, staff, infrastructure, training pose hindrance to the installation of geothermal plants across the globe. Not enough skilled manpower and availability of suitable build location pose serious problem in adopting geothermal energy globally.
Wind energy
A wind turbine works the opposite of a fan. Instead of using electricity to make wind, like a fan, wind turbines use wind to make electricity. The wind turns the blades, which spin a shaft, which connects to a generator and makes electricity. View the wind turbine animation to see how a wind turbine works.
The wind is free and with modern technology it can be captured efficiently.
The strength of the wind is not constant and it varies from zero to storm force. This means that wind turbines do not produce the same amount of electricity all the time. There will be times when they produce no electricity at all.
The wind is free and with modern technology it can be captured efficiently.
The strength of the wind is not constant and it varies from zero to storm force. This means that wind turbines do not produce the same amount of electricity all the time. There will be times when they produce no electricity at all.
Solar energy
- Solar power cells convert sunlight into electricity, using the energy of speeding photons to create an electrical current within a solar panel. Photons are created in the center of the sun by the fusion of atoms.
Solar energy is free although there is a cost in the building of ‘collectors’ and other equipment required to convert solar energy into electricity or hot water.
Solar energy can only be harnessed when it is daytime and sunny.