5: Resources

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Renewable Energy in Hawai‘i Worksheet

Discover Renewable Energy in Hawai‘i

Point your Web browser to: http://www.webquest.hawaii.edu/, click on “Discover”, and then click on Red Dots.

Renewable Energy Web sites

Wind energy

• http://www.windpower.org/en/kids/intro/index.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_turbine

OTEC (Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion)

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_thermal_energy_conversion

Geothermal energy

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geothermal_energy
• http://www.nrel.gov/learning/re_geothermal.html

Biomass energy

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomass_energy
• http://www.nrel.gov/learning/re_biomass.html

Hydropower

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydropower
• http://people.howstuffworks.com/hydropower-plant.htm

Solar Energy

• http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/solar.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power

Nuclear Power

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power
• http://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-power.htm

Ocean Wave Power

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_power
• http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/ocean.html