Energy Resources

* My Introduction

* Prior Knowledge

* What’s energy?

* Types of energy (renewable and non-renewable)

* Eolic energy (definition, examples in Colombia)

* Hydroelectrical energy (definition and examples in Colombia)

* Energy distribution

* Why should we conserve energy?

* Good uses and bad uses

* News

* Posters

* Videos

Hi! My name is Laura Diaz. I’m a fifth grade student. I was born on March

25th of 2,000. I live in Cali and I am 12 years. I like to watch TV, eat pizza,

chat with my friends, and be with my family, I have 2 older brothers, and in

this IV part of my virtual booklet I’m going to show you what are energy

resources. This booklet is a project but I think that is very important that

everyone can know about energy resources so we can protect it. In this

booklet you will know everything of Energy Resources, types, definition of

the types (what is), etc…

I hope you like it!!!

WELCOME!!!

Energy

resources do

not produce

energy in any of

their forms.

Non-renewable energy

cannot be replaced,

that means that once

we use it we cannot use

it again.

Renewable energy

are the ones that

we can use it

without diminishing

the resource.

Do you

know what is

energy in

social studies

term?

I don’t

remember… Do

you remember if

energy is to

cook?

Energy resources

are not used for

energy

production, in

any of their form.

RENEWABLE ENERGY:

Renewable energy sources, also known as natural sources of energy, are those which it

is possible to use without diminishing the resource.

Hydropower

Hydropower is one of most established true renewable energy source. This is the

utilization of the potential energy caused by a height different in two levels of

electricity.

Biomass

Biomass power is where organic materials are utilized to generate power. This is

probably the oldest renewable energy

Wind Power

Wind power depends on utilizing the wind to generate electricity or carry out some

other activity (such as pumping water). As with many other renewable energy sources

it has a history going back quite centuries.

Tidal

Tidal energy is a natural source of energy which utilizes the power of the tides. Tides are

caused by the gravitational pull of the moon, and to a lesser extent the sun upon the

earth's oceans. The tidal motions follow a cyclical pattern, and so unlike other forms of

renewable energy such as wind and waves it is possible to predict with great accuracy

the power output of a tidal energy device well in advance of it being placed within

the water, which is a great bonus.

Geothermal

Geothermal are renewable energy sources which utilize the heat within the earth to

create either a source of renewable heat or renewable electricity.

Solar electric

Solar electric relies on the power of the sun to generate renewable electricity through

a variety of mediums. There are a series of ways of converting a solar energy resource

into renewable electricity including photovoltaics (PV), solar chimneys and

concentrated solar power. http://bristolboy.hubpages.com/hub/Renewable-Energy-Natural-Sources-of-Energy

NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY:

Non-renewable energy sources cannot be replaced in our lifetime, or that of our children or

even our childrens’ children. Once these energy sources have been used up that’s it, they

are gone forever.

PETROLEUM

Petroleum is extracted and turned into a variety of fuel sources including petrol or gasoline,

diesel, propane, jet fuel, heating oil and paraffin wax. Also known as crude oil, this fuel

source is nonrenewable. Petroleum is made when organic matter settles in water that has

lost its dissolved oxygen and is then compressed under immense heat and pressure for

millions of years.

COAL

Coal is also composed of organic matter --- matter that decomposed in peat bogs, which

then formed into carbon rock under immense pressure. Coal is generally highly combustible

and the world's most-used resource for electrical generation. However, burning coal releases

massive amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which is the primary factor in the

greenhouse effect. In addition to being greenhouse gas source, coal cannot be

reproduced.

NATURAL GAS

Also a byproduct of decomposition, natural gas is mostly methane created as organic

matter decays. Once extracted, natural gas is processed to remove everything but the

methane, it is a nonrenewable energy source because it is a byproduct of thousands of

years of decomposition within the earth's crust.

NUCLEAR POWER

Nuclear energy may get mentioned in the same breath with renewable power sources like

wind and solar because it is clean-burning and therefore more environmentally sound than

oil or coal. But nuclear energy is, in fact, a nonrenewable resource. The problem lies in the

element that enables nuclear power: uranium. The element uranium is abundant, but only a

certain type of uranium, U-235, is used to fuel nuclear power. U-235 must be extracted from

mined and processed uranium. The processing produces only small amounts of U-235,

making it rare and expensive. Man cannot reproduce this element; we have a limited

natural supply.

http://www.suntrek.org/earth-beyond/earths-energy-resources/non-renewable-

energy-source.shtml

Definition:

Eolic energy is wind energy. The definition of wind energy is: energy obtained from

turbine engines powered by wind.

EXAMPLES IN COLOMBIA:

- Colombia has only a wind turbines generating capacity of 20 MW in a wind farm of

the company Jepirachi EPM.

- As of 2010, the only wind farm operating in Colombia is located in La Guajira

province, a region in the north-east of the country. This onshore wind farm has fifteen

units of 1.3 MW each for a total nominal power of 19.5 MW. This farm, the first one built

in Colombia, was commissioned in 2004 and it is connected to the national grid by a

110 kV transmission line.

- According to the report, the wind regime in Colombia has been ranked among the

best in South America. Coastal regions of the northern part of the country have been

classified as class seven winds (winds over nine meters per second (m / s) at a height

of 50 meters).

- Colombia only has an installed capacity of 19.5 MW of wind energy (Jepirachi wind

farm with 15 wind turbines inaugurated in 2003 and built with World Bank support), with

some other wind farms projects under consideration, including a wind farm Ipapure

200 MW.

http://www.evwind.es/noticias.php?id_not=7256

Definition:

Hydroelectric energy is a renewable energy source using the hydrologic cycle of

water, which involves evaporation and the flow of water due to gravity.

Accessing this energy from flowing waters can produce low-cost electricity. Today, this

is the largest form of renewable energy in the world.

Hydroelectric Plants in Colombia http://www.industcards.com/hydro-colombia.htm

Alto Anchicaya

Location: Valle de Cauca

Operator: Empresa de Energia del Pacifico SA (EPSA)

Configuration: 2 X 125 MW, 1 X 115 MW Francis

Operation: 1973

T/G supplier: Canadian General Electric

EPC: ICA

Quick facts: This dam 85km west of Cali is in Los Farallones de

Cali national park. In Nov 2000, Union Fenosa took over

operational control of EPSA.

Las Playas

Location: Antioquia

Operator: Empresas Publicas de Medellin ESP

Configuration: 3 X 68 MW Francis

Operation: 1988

T/G supplier: Voest, Koncar

EPC: Hazama, Mendes Junior, Techint,

Conconcreto

Quick facts: This project on the Rio Guatapé in San

Carlos and San Rafael municipalities, 160km east of

Medellin. Commercial operation was on 25 Feb

1988. Also known as J Emilio Valderrama.

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Energy needs to be conserved to protect our environment from drastic changes, to

save the depleting resources for our future generations. The rate at which the

energy is being produced and consumed can damage our world in many ways. In

other words, it helps us to save the environment. We can reduce those impacts by

consuming less energy. The cost of energy is rising every year. It is important for us to

realize how energy is useful to us and how can we avoid it getting wasted.

To start saving energy is not a big thing at all. We can start saving the energy from

our home itself, just by turning off the lights during day hours, washing clothes in

cold water or using public transport instead of using our own vehicle and later can

implement these things on much wider scale at society level, then at city level then

district level and finally at country level. You might notice a small change in your

monthly bills by implementing these changes as they would be getting decreased

more and more. With so many alternatives and so many techniques about there, if

millions of people like us start doing these things, it will help us to save much more

money and also help the environment.

http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/

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NEWS

Posters

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watching!!!