Alternative Energy Company Brochure In groups of two you will create a fictional electrical energy supply company. Your company can exist anywhere in the United States. Your company must use alternative energies as a method creating electricity. You are to make a large sized colorful pamphlet about your company. The pamphlet needs to include the following: 1) A company name and logo 2) The electricity must be produced by two alternative energy technologies your customers can choose from. 3) Since the pamphlet is an advertisement, you must have at least 10 statements as to why people should use your company. The statements should be bullet format. Your statements should include the advantages over fossil fuels. 4) You must give a detailed explanation of how each of your technologies works in paragraph form. 5) Several pictures, drawing, and a colorful pamphlet. Grading Design, pictures, neatness, and graphics - 10 pts Advertising statements and consumer energy choices – 10 pts Explanation of the technologies – 10 pts Total – 30 pts For information and examples check out the following websites: General: U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy www.eere.energy.gov The Alternative Energy Institute www.altenergy.org U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Green Communities website and links to many other websites: www.epa.gov/greenkit/q5_energ.htm U.S. Energy Information Administration, website: www.eia.doe.gov National Renewable Energy Laboratory www.nrel.gov New York state energy Research and Development Authority www.nypa.gov/es.htm Business Council for Sustainable Energy www.bcse.org Canadian Association for Sustainable Energy www.newenergy.org Solar Power: U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy – Solar Energy www.eere.energy.gov/RE/solar.html Kyocera Solar, Inc., solar systems manufacturer, www.trianglesystems.com 126 Ideaho Avenue, Plattsburge, NY 12930 International Solar Energy Society www.ises.org. Wind Power: New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, Community Resources for Wind Development www.powernaturally.com/programs/Wind/toolkit.asp U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Wind power www.eere.energy.gov/RE/wind.html Green Power Network www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower American Wind Energy Association www.awea.org Canadian Wind Energy Association www.canwea.ca Patel, Mukund. Wind and Solar Power Systems. CRC Press, 1999 Biofuels: National Biodiesel Board www.biodiesel.org United States Department of Energy Biomass Program www.eere.energy.gov/biomass Commoner, Barry. The Poverty of Power. Bantum Books, July 1980. Geothermal Energy: U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy – Geothermal Energy http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/geothermal.html http://geothermal.marin.org/ Hydropower: U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy – Hydropower www.eere.energy.gov/RE/hydropower.html Hydrogen Fuel http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/02/20030206-2.html http://www.commutercars.com/h2/ http://www.nrel.gov/hydrogen/ www.eere.energy.gov/RE/hydrogen.html Oceans: U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy – ocean energy www.eere.energy.gov/RE/ocean.html Biomass Energy: U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable EnergyBioPower Program www.eere.energy.gov/RE/biomass.html Alternative Fuel Vehicles: Advanced Transportation Technology Institute www.etvi.org Alternative Fuels Data Center www.afdc.doe.gov Electric Auto Association www.eaaev.org Natural Gas Vehicle Association www.ngvc.org Society of Automotive Engineers. Alternative Fuels: Technology & Developments. 1997 Other http://www.eere.energy.gov/ (all kinds of alternatives) http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/contents.html http://www.greenmountain.com/ (good example of a real company) http://www.changingworldtech.com/ (These are the turkey oil people) http://www.awea.org/ (American wind energy) http://geothermal.marin.org/geomap_1.html (geothermal) http://www.bera1.org/ (biomass) http://www.ases.org/ (solar energy) http://www.solarenergy.org/ (solar energy The following are additional links by topic U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Pennsylvania a.Economics b.Environmental Benefits c. Risk Management d.Energy Assurance e.Reliability f. Public Demand g.Why Consider Alternative Energy? 2. The Alternative Energy Institute Selected Sections required: a.Nonrenewable Energy Sources: 1) Coal 2) Natural Gas; 3) Nuclear Energy; 4) Petroleum b.Renewable Energy Sources: 1) Biomass Energy; 2) Geothermal Energy; 3) Hydrogen and Fuel Cells; 4) Hydropower; 5) Nuclear Fusion; 6)Oceanic Energy ; 7) Solar Energy; 8) Wind Energy c. Solutions 3. Pollution Prevention Outside Your Home - DEP Fact Sheet 4. Pollution Prevention Inside Your Home - DEP Fact Sheet 5. PA Advanced Energy Toolkit 6. PA Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard 7. Solar Energy Basics 8. a.Birds and Bats b.Other Potential Env Impacts c. Economic and Socioeconomic Impacts d.Wind Energy Myths 9. a.Save the Loon b.Wind Energy and Noise c. Wind Energy the Power of the Future d.Wind Wildlife FAQ e.The Three Cs f. If Not Wind, then...? g.Comparative Air Emissions of Wind and Other Fuels 10. Wind Farming - DEP Fact Sheet 11. Small Wind Energy Systems 12. Biodiesel Basics 13. Biodiesel FAQs 14. Biomass Program a.Biomass Benefits b.National Energy Security c. Economic Growth d.Environmental Benefits 15. Methane EPA 16. US Department of Energy Biomass Program a.Biomass Basics 17. Geothermal Topics a.Geothermal Basics 18. Underground Thermal Energy Storage 19. Hydropower Topics a.Hydropower Basics b.Hydropower Advantages and Disadvantages c. Hydropower Energy from Moving Water 20. Hydrogen Topics a.Hydrogen Basics 21. Ocean Topics a.Ocean Energy Basics 22. Alternative Fuel Vehicles a.Electricity 1. What is Electricity 2. Electricity Benefits b.Ethanol 1. What is Methanol 2. Ethanol Benefits c. Methanol 1. What is Methanol 2. Methanol Benefits d.Natural Gas 1. What is Natural Gas 2. Natural Gas Benefits e.Propane 1. What is Propane 2. Propane Benefits f. Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant Program g.Alternative Fueled Vehicles 23. Transportation Energy 24. US Energy System Factsheets - NEW 25. Energy Consumption - NEW 26. U.S. Primary Energy Consumption chart - NEW 27. 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