By: Michael Anachuna ME 407 11/06/13

Table of contents

Definition
Applications/types benefits Uses Example/ future technology

What is green power

Solar

Wind
Geothermal Biomass

Hydropower

Benefits of green energy

Fossil fuel
Renewable energy Little to no global impact

Improved public health

Applications
Solar
Wind Geothermal

Biomass
Hydro

Solar
Photovoltaic (PV) systems
Solar hot water Solar electricity

Passive solar heating and day lighting

Solar space heating and cooling

HISTORY
1839 Edmund Bequerel
1905 Albert Einstein 1954 bell Laboratories

1960s space industries

Photovoltaic (solar cell) system

PV set up

Benefits
Infinite fuel source
Green gas emissions Reliable

Recyclable
Sustainable

Uses/Examples

Taiwan Arena

Solar powered airplane

http://www.h

owstuffworks .com/fuelefficiency/ve hicles/solarpoweredcar.htm

Venturi astrolab

Solar taxi

Trash cans

Solar paint

References
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at

nasa/2002/solarcells/ http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/tech/solarenergy http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/our-energychoices/renewable-energy/public-benefits-ofrenewable.html http://www.nrel.gov/solar/ http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/consumer/solar_electricity/ba sics/index.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_photovoltaics http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/tech/home