Geothermal 2 

    6th Grade
    Energy Project

     

     

    EIA - Energy Basics 
    EIA - Energy Information Administration
    EIA - Electricity Explained
    Energy Story - Lots of good links to the different forms of energy
    Energy Links - Nothing but links
    EIA - Renewable Energy Explained
    EIA - Non-renewable Energy Explained
    Energy.gov - Energy Sources
    Energy.gov - Renewable Energy Sources
    Energy Resources - Great site for advantages and disadvantages
    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Energy portal
    Coal cost 

     Worldmapper for fuel
    United States electricity generation maps by fuel -
    click on power plant tab
    National Geographic Global Electricity by fuel map 

    		  Energy 1 

     Solar 

    SOLAR 

    EIA - Solar 

    NASA Science - How do Photovoltaics Work? 

    National Geographic - Solar Energy
    Costs - Use the photovoltaic figure. 

     
     

    WIND 

     National Geographic - Wind Energy
    Cost 
    Where is a good place to build for wind energy?  - US MAP 

    		   Wind bulb 
     Nuclear   

    NUCLEAR 

    American Nuclear Society - Nuclear Science and Technology
    NEED Project - What is nuclear energy?
    U.S. Department of Energy - All about Nuclear
    How Stuff Works? - How nuclear power works?

    Nuclear Energy Institute - Reliable & Affordable Energy (cost)
    NEI - Nuclear World 
    U.S. Nuclear Regulator Commission - Student's Corner
     
    All images are from Image Quest. 

    Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 21 May 2012. http://quest.eb.com/images/ 
     

    Table 1.  Updated Estimates of Power Plant Capital and Operating Costs  
           
       Nominal Capacity (kilowatts)  Overnight Capital Cost (2010 $/kW)  To calculate, multiply the 2 columns. 
         
       Coal    
    Single Unit   650,000  $3,167     
    Advanced PC    
      Natural Gas    
    Conventional NGCC  540,000  $978     
       Uranium    
    Dual Unit Nuclear  2,236,000  $5,335     
       Biomass    
    Biomass CC  20,000  $7,894     
    Biomass BFB  50,000  $3,860     
       Wind    
    Onshore Wind  100,000  $2,438     
    Offshore Wind  400,000  $5,975     
       Solar    
    Solar Thermal   100,000  $4,692     
    Small Photovoltaic  7,000  $6,050     
    Large Photovoltaic  150,000  $4,755     
       Geothermal    
    Geothermal – Dual Flash  50,000  $5,578     
       MSW    
    MSW  50,000  $8,232     
       Hydro    
    Hydro-electric  500,000  $3,076     
    Pumped Storage  250,000  $5,595     
           
    http://www.eia.gov/oiaf/beck_plantcosts/index.html   This is part of Table 1 from the EIA website.