Title: Identify various energy sources.
Course: Electronics Systems I (17106-36) > Section: Introducing the Structure of Electricity

Identification may include

- fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas)
- solar (thermal, photovoltaic, concentrating)
- nuclear (fission, fusion)
- hydroelectric (impoundment vs. run-of-river)
- wind (onshore, offshore)
- ocean energy (wave, tidal/current, ocean thermal energy conversion [OTEC])
- geothermal
- biomass
- waste-to-energy.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is an advantage and a disadvantage of using each energy source?
- Why is it beneficial to have such a variety of energy sources available?
- What methods are used to generate electricity?
- What are the mathematical and scientific principles related to the generation of electricity?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of the various methods to generate and use electricity?
- How is electricity stored, distributed, and measured?
- What are the environmental effects of electricity production?
- What emerging technologies are being used to optimize electricity production?
- What is the purpose of an AC generator?
- How does an alternator generate AC voltage?
- What is the left-hand rule?