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How can we improve energy usage in SA? - Coggle Diagram
How can we improve energy usage in SA?
Wind Power
What angle do the blades need to be to be the most efficient?
Is there a better way to catch more wind and turn the turbines faster?
Does the height of the turbine affect the efficiency
What angle does the wind have to hit the blade for more efficiency?
Solar Power
Is there a way to make solar panels more efficient
Can you catch rays directly from the sun in space?
There are ways for solar panels to be built in space. There is already some out there called space-based solar panels (SBSP) that orbit the earth.
The only problem with this is transferring energy from orbit to the surface of the earth, wirelessly
Hydro Power
Could you make an endless loop so that dams are not required
Is there a better way to store water
Geothermal Power
Can we get closer to the core of the earth to catch more heat? And can we achieve this cheaply
Oil drillings have gone down to 5,000 meters and the temperature is 1,700 C
How can we make it more efficient?
Hydrogen Power
Making a hydrogen fuel cell
Using electrolysis to split hydrogen and oxygen in water
How to make it more efficient as more energy is needed to produce hydrogen at the moment
Biomass Power
Do we need this when we can use renewables
Is there a way to minimise carbon emissions from burning organsims
Coal/Fossil Fuels Power
Is there a way to minimise carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels
The only possible way to do this is to burn less fuel. Most obvious.
Is there a way to use carbon emissions as a power source
NASA has come up with a way to use carbon dioxide as power source through the use of photoelectrochemical cells composed of thin metal oxide films
Nuclear Power
Can you use nuclear waste to produce energy? As there is a lot of it lying around
There is a way for this to happen and scientists are trying to make the best environment to do it in
Can you make it 100% safe? Is there a way to not produce any waste or to stop all failures?
Tidal Power
One of the problems that this power source introduces is the fact that the turbines stir up the bottom of the ocean, affecting see life. Is there a way to distance the turbines from the ocean floor?
Does the power of the tide depend on how deep the turbines are?
Is it possible to make artificial tides outside of the ocean?