Solar
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Wind
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- Great Peak Shavers
- Solar - hot sunny days when air conditioning demands high
- Wind - cold winter - many houses are colder when there is
a "Wind Chill"
- Easily generated near by / at consumer location
- Solar panels on roof
- Wind turbines come in smaller sizes
- Unreliable to carry a base load
- Not every hot & humid day is sunny
- Partly sunny / partly cloudy days offer inconsistent
supply to a constant demand
- It's not always windy when the sun is not shining
- Energy "farms"
- Usually placed far from consumers, more infrastructure
needed
- May be disruptive to nature
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Co-generation
"Cogen"
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- Common example - automobile
- Motion is the main purpose of the engine
- Heat - a by product of combustion, is used to keep the
occupants warm in winter with NO additional fuel consumption
- Electricity - is produced by harnessing some of the motion
- Primary boilers / furnaces / heaters could be replaced by
engines hooked up to generators
- While heat is a by product, set engine specifications to
amount of heat needed
- Secondary units may yield a poor ROI (return on
investment)
- Produced near or at consumer location - reduced demand on
infrastructure
- Emergency preparedness
- Site can operate "off grid"
- Site can make heat & electricity from on site fossil
fuel reserve
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Nuclear
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- Successfully used in the Military
- CVN76?? The Ronald Reagan
- Nuclear submarines
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