Biomass is a renewable energy source that is derived from organic matter such as wood, crop waste, or garbage. Biomass energy makes up about 5 percent of the United States energy consumption and about 12 percent of United States renewable energy. The major biomass energy sources in the United States is wood which includes wood Read More…

Nuclear energy is the newest form of energy that we use today. Our Nuclear power plants are composed of fission energy which is when energy is released from the splitting of a dense nucleus, as we discussed in our previous post on Nuclear Fission Power Plants which are a nonrenewable source of energy. Now we Read More…

Nuclear Energy is a newer form of energy supply and one of the most controversial forms of energy. Nuclear energy power plants are fission power plants, meaning a fission reaction is happening to which a heavy unstable nucleus is split into smaller nuclei compared to nuclear fusion which is when two light nuclei combine together Read More…

Now a days we still rely on oil as one of our most valuable nonrenewable resources. We continually use oil everyday whether we are driving a car, using electricity, using our phones, and many more. As the world around us continues to grow so does our need for more energy. As of right now there Read More…

Coal is one of the earliest fossil fuels that we have been using for hundreds of years. Today a majority of our worlds energy consumption still comes from the burning of coal. Coal fired power plants burn coal to produce electricity. As the coal is burned it boils water which creates steam. The steam that Read More…

Biofuel is produced directly or indirectly from organic material such as plant material and animal waste. About 10% of the worlds energy demand is covered by biofuels. Most of this is made up of the more traditional unprocessed biofuels such as wood and crops. Biofuels can be made of a variety of agricultural crops, waste, Read More…

Fracking, also known as Hydraulic Fracking, is a process designed to extract gas and oil from shale rock. The process begins by drilling down about 6,000 to 10,000 feet where most of the shale rock is found. Shale gas is natural gas that comes out of the shale rock formations. After drilling, they use a Read More…

Energy is all around us, literally everywhere, and as humans, without energy we would not exist. We use energy every day in our homes, cars, cellphones, within our bodies, and many other uses. As our world population continues to grow we need more energy. The problem is that most of our energy comes from the Read More…