Renewable Energy Vocab

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Ore

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A mineral or aggregate of minerals from which a valuable constituent,especially a metal, can be profitably mined or extracted

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Mineral resource

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Natural resources in the form of minerals

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Surface mining

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Method of mining used to extract minerals and metals which are near the surface of the earth

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Spoils

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To damage severely or harm (something) especially with reference to its excellence,value,usefulness,etc

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Overburden

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To load with too great a burden,overload

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Open pit mining

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A kind of surface mining. Mining companies choose this way to get rocks and minerals out of the ground because it is the easiest ad cheapest way to do it only if rocks and minerals we close to the surface of the land

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Strip mining

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A type of surface mining that involves excavating earth,rock,and other material to uncover a tabula,lens shaped,or layered mineral reserve.Mineral extracted usually coal or other rocks of sedimentary origin

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Contour

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An outline especially of a curving or irregular figure

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Smelting

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Process by which a metal is obtained,either as the element or as a simple compound from its ore by heating beyond the melting point,ordinarily in the presence of oxidizing agents, such as air,reducing agents such as coke

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Depletion time

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Similar to depreciation in that it is cost recovery system for accounting and tax reporting

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Net energy

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A concept used in energy economies that refers tothe difference between te energy expended to harvest an energy source and the amount of energy gained from the havest

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Petroleum

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Oil that is found underground,oil can be thick and black as far or thin as water.It has a lot of energy.We can turn it into different fuels like gasoline,kerosene, and heating oil

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Crude oil

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Fossil fuel that was naturally from decaying plants and animals living in ancient seas.Vary in color and in viscosity contain hydrocarbons

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Peak production

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A hypothetical date referring to the worlds peak crude oil production where by following this day production rates will begin to diminish

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Petrochemicals

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Are chemical products derived from petroleum

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Oil reserves proven vs unproven

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Tar sand

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Loose sand or partially consolidated sandstone containing naturally occurring mixtures of sand,clay,and water saturated with viscous from of petroleum. (Bitumen)

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Shale oil

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Unconventional oil produced from oil shale by pyrolysis,hydro generation,or thermal dissolution

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Natural gas

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A fossil fuel formed when plants and animals are exposed to intense heat and pressure over thousands of years

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Coal

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A black or dark brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter used as a fuel

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Synthetic natural gas

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Fuel gas that can be produced from fossil fuels such as Iignite coal or from biofuels when it is named BIO SNG or from renewable electrical energy

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Nuclear fusion

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Nuclear reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei collide at a very high speed and join to form a new type of atomic nucleus

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Energy efficiency

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Using less energy to provide the same service there are definitions,but this is a good operational one.

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Cogeneration

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A single fuel source,such as natural gas,is used to produce both electrical and thermal energy

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Electrical grid

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An interconnected network for delivering electricity from suppliers to consumers

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Hybrid

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The offspring of two animals or plants of different breeds,varieties,species, or genera,especially as produced through manipulation for specific generic characteristics

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Solar energy

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Energy derived from the sun in the form of solar radiation

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Renewable energy

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Any naturally occurring,theoretically in inexhaustible source of energy as biomass,solar,wind,tidal power that is not derived from fossil or nuclear fuel

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Active solar energy system

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Use same principles as passive systems except that they use a fluid(such as water) to absorb the heat

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Passive solar energy systems

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Use of the suns energy for the heating and cooling of living spaces

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Photovoltaic cells

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A photocell in which an electromotive force is generated by a photovoltaic effect

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Wind power

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Power derived from wind, used to generate electricity or mechanical power

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Tidal wave energy

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Energy obtained by harnessing tidal power

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Biomass energy

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Material from plants and animals.Some kinds of biomass can be burned to produce energy. one common example is wood