Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get better. It's not.
Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
Renewable Energy
LET'S GO GREEN!
Student's Book
Mirja Mrovlje Pečnik
Polona Petrovčič
Amresh Prakash Torul
Professional consultant: Stanko Vrščaj
June 2012
Contents
Unit 1: Energy
4
1. What is energy?
2. Electricity generation in Slovenia and around
the world
Unit 2: Renewable Energy
10
1. What is renewable energy
2. Top 10 renewable sources of energy
3. The future of alternative energy
Unit 3: Carbon Dioxide Footprint
17
1. Learn a few facts about solar energy
2. How a solar electric power system works
3. Solar PV modules
4. Solar thermal energy
5. Solar power plant on the roof of SŠTS Šiška
6. Advantages and disadvantages of solar power
7. Glossary
8. Check your knowledge
9. Crossword
10. Extra videos
Unit 5: Wind Power
47
1. Description of a wind farm
2. Advantages and disadvantages of wind power
3. Wind turbines
4. Do wind turbines make noise?
5. Components of a wind turbine
6. Wind generator on the roof of SŠTS
72
1. What is geothermal energy
2. Geothermal heating
3. Geothermal power plants
4. Glossary of key words
5. Helsinki’s underground data centre and
the world’s largest heat pump
Unit 8: Biomass
27
60
1. How does a hydroelectric power plant
work?
2. Generating methods
3. Inside the power plant
4. Advantages and disadvantages of hydro
energy
5.Learn more
Unit 7: Geothermal Energy
1. What is a CO2 footprint
2. What is carbon dioxide and what is global
warming?
3. Calculate your carbon footprint
4. Carbon footprint reduction
5. Kyoto Protocol
Unit 4: Solar Power
Unit 6: Hydroelectric Power
90
What is biomass
Unit 9: Waste Management
96
1. What is waste management
2. What can be done (3Rs)
3. The waste management concept in
Freiburg
Unit 10: Nanotechnology
102
1. How nanotechnology works
2. Eco-friendly nano-building – science
fiction?
Sources
107