Episode 14: Solar, Wind, & Hydroelectric Energy
Let's Talk Global Warming
English - July 13, 2020 21:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MBNature Science News global warming climate change warming world earth climate nature enviorment Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, I discuss three of the most popular sources of renewable energy: solar, wind, and hydroelectric energy including what they are, how they produce electricity, and some pros and cons to each one.
Sources:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
https://www.nrel.gov/research/re-solar.html
Solar feeds
https://solarfeeds.com/csp-and-pv-differences-comparison/
ZME Science
https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/renewable-energy-ecology/solar-panels-pros-and-cons-056654/
Energy Sage
https://www.energysage.com/solar/why-go-solar/create-jobs/
American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
https://www.awea.org/wind-101/basics-of-wind-energy
Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
https://www.energy.gov/eere/wind/advantages-and-challenges-wind-energy
National Geographic
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/hydroelectric-energy/
Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00616-w
Music:
“News Theme” by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC BY. Edited to be shorter but content was not changed.
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Link to Author’s Profile: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/artists/profile/9-kevin-macleod/
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