Stony Island Wind Farm Proposal Overview: The proposed Stony Island Wind Farm is to be situated 20 miles west of the City of Watertown, NY, in Lake Ontario. The project will consist of 3 Siemens 2.3-93 rated at 2.3 MW each and 4 Vestas V-90 wind turbines rated at 3.0 MW each, producing up to 19 MW of electricity in total. The Vestas turbines will have a hub height of 80 meters above ground level and the Siemens turbines will have a hub height of 100 meters above ground level. The wind turbines will be erected for the purpose of capturing energy from the wind, a renewable resource, and converting it into clean, useable electricity. This electricity will be transported to end-users via interconnection facilities, including transformers and distribution lines, some of which shall cross Lake Ontario underwater for about 3.2miles.
Fossil power plants for peak load supply were built around Tokyo Bay and nuclear reactors for base load supply were built in Fukushima and Niigata Prefectures. It had also expanded into the field of Liquefied Natural Gas, reducing surplus generation capacity and increasing capacity utilisation by developing pumped storage
For developing countries, the overall' projected potential was estimated at 400x1018 joule for geothermal energy with the projected capacity in 1990. Efforts are being made to use this energy for generating power and creating refrigeration. Geothermal energy can either be used to produce electricity in power station or can be used directly as primary heat. Advantages: The green house gas emissions of geothermal stations are much less than that of coal burning power stations. In Ohaake in New Zealand about 320 gm of C02 is produced for each KW hour of electricity produced against 950 to 960 gm.
Electric power encompasses four primary processes: generation, transmission, distribution, and retail (wholesale and retail energy supply and services) (Viscusi). Generation starts with production through fossil fuels, nuclear fuel, and falling water(Viscusi). After the production processes transmission occurs, which is the high voltage movement of electricity between generating sites and distribution centers by mean of wires, transformers, and substation facilities(Viscusi). The next step is distribution, which is the transportation of electricity to residences and businesses at relatively low voltages using wires and transformers(Viscusi). Finally, the process that goes hand in hand with all these processes is retailing, which is the making of arrangements for supplies of power from generators(Viscusi).
I also attempted to look at three specific properties: 1. Does it reduce our energy need compared to current technologies, 2. it can be no worse for the environment and 3. Is it economically practical. Energy used by Americans today is predominantly generated by power plants. Most power plants burn fuel, coal, oil, natural gas, biomass, which creates steam to drive a turbine that generates electricity.
Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 2 2.0 Variance Analysis 2 3.0 Issue 8 3.1 Internal factor 8 3.1.1 Financial debt of company 8 3.2 Environmental factor 8 3.2.1 Purchaser (Customer) 8 3.2.2 Supplier 9 3.2.3 Government policy 10 4.0 Recommendation 11 4.1 Exploration for expansion area 11 4.2 Restructuring of coal’s supplier 13 4.3 Increase the capital of Luotang Power 13 4.4 Other alternatives for generate electrical power 15 5.0 Conclusion 16 1.0 Introduction Luotang Power Company was established by American independent power producer’s company with the special purpose of running a 600 Mega Watt (‘MW”) coal-fired power plant project. Luotang is located in Hubei Province, China. Now, Tan Min Yi as general manager of Luotang required to present his recent company’s performance to the Board of Directors of his parent company, China Hua Tong Power in following week. In this meeting, Tan would like to propose about the project of expansion at Luotang. Besides that, he actually hoped to receive the promotion as Executive Vice President from the recognition of management.
General Electric- Environmental Pollutions Contents Back Ground on General Electric and the Environmental Issue of Pollutions from General Electric’s dumping and burying of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB’s) 4 1876-Thomas Alva Edison opened first laboratory in NJ 1890- Thomas Alva Edison builds the Edison Electric Company Thomas-Houston's Electric Company expanding 1892 - The two companies merge to become General Electric Multinational Company Headquartered in Fairfield Connecticut- Incorporated in Schenectady NY Four Segments - energy, technology infrastructure, capital finance, and consumer indutrial Operates in 160 countries, employs 300,000 employees worldwide What led to the Issue 5 General Electric's use of PCB's at two capaciter plants in NY Burying of PCB's in school yards and playgrounds General Electric’s Reaction 6 1976- GE charged by EPA for violating the clean water act GE knew since around 1936 that PCB's were harmeful GE delays cleanup for decades How General Electric could have prevented the issue 7 Should have stopped use of PCB's Managers had an ethical and moral obligation to do what was right My Course of Action 8 GE should research other products that would be safe to use Companies have more laws now to follow What General Electric is doing today 9 1997- GE told by EPA they would be fined if clean up didn't start 2005- EPA gets commitment from GE to start the first phase of the cleanup 2009 - Phase one of the cleanup starts 2010- EPA completes Evaluation report December 2010- GE agrees to start phase two June 6, 2011 - The final phase is started- estimated to last five to seven years Bibliography 11 General Electric- Environmental Pollutions Back Ground on General Electric and the Environmental Issue of Pollutions from General Electric’s dumping and burying of Polychlorinated
Amiel Chen Mr. David Fisher World Studies 2 18 May 2011 Should Countries use Nuclear Energy? Nuclear energy is a way to produce energy. “It is basically using the heat that nuclear fission produced to heat up water in order to generate steam. The steam will then turn turbines connected to a generator which will produce electrical power” (Nuclear Power and the Environment). After the earthquake in Japan also known as the Fukushima disaster, the problem of nuclear energy in Japan became the main focus of the world.
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Hybrid Cars The first self-propelled vehicle which was a military tractor was invented in the 1769 by Nicolas Joseph Cugnot, a French engineer and also a mechanic, as recognized by the British Royal Automobile Club and the Automobile Club de France. (http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aacarssteama.htm). It uses a steam engine to power this vehicle, which was then evolved into electric cars which uses batteries to generate its energy. The most commonly used in these modern days is the gas type which uses petrol and gases as the main source of energy. Gases are non-renewable source of energy and therefore after several decades of the evolution of cars, the world is suffering from depletion.
Ships will produce their fuel from the water (Aaron Seward) by deriving carbon dioxide and hydrogen (Aaron Seward) and turning them into fuel at current cost (Aaron Seward). People are going to be able to save extra solar and wind energy in stationary