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The document covers various forms of renewable energy, including solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, and hydroenergy. It discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each energy type, their mechanisms, applications, and environmental impacts. Additionally, it addresses specific questions related to the generation and utilization of these energy sources.

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The document covers various forms of renewable energy, including solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, and hydroenergy. It discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each energy type, their mechanisms, applications, and environmental impacts. Additionally, it addresses specific questions related to the generation and utilization of these energy sources.

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Renewable Energy

Solar Energy

1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of solar energy?


2. What are the indirect forms of solar energy?
3. How is energy continuously being produced in the sun?
4. Explain the statement, “Sun : a powerful fusion reactor”.
5. What do you mean by solar constant?
6. What do you mean by direct, diffuse and global radiation.

Wind energy

1. How wind is generated?


2. Explain wind energy is the indirect form of solar energy.
3. What do you mean by wind turbine and aero-generator.
4. Different uses of wind energy.
5. What are the advantages and disadvantages of wind energy?
6. What are the factors that led to accelerated development of the wind energy?
7. Write short note on global wind and local wind.
8. What are the factors that affect the distribution of wind energy on the surface of the
earth?
9. What is the speed of wind that is favorable for wind turbine for wind energy generation?
10. Generally at what height above the ground wind speed is measured?

Biomass energy

1. What do you mean by the term biomass? What is the origin of biomass energy?
2. Is biomass energy is renewable? If yes, then how?
3. Explain how biomass energy is the indirect form of solar energy?
4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of biomass energy?
5. Write some usable forms of biomass.
6. Name some biomass resources.
7. How biomass is produced from waste?
8. What should be the operational parameter for a biogas plant?
9. What are the general maintenance problems of biogas plants and what are their remedies?

Geothermal energy
1. What do you understand by geothermal energy? What are geothermal fields?
2. How does geothermal heat get up to the surface?
3. What are the merits and demerits of geothermal energy?
4. What are the major applications of geothermal energy?
5. What are the environmental impacts of geothermal energy?
6. Name some potential sites in India where geothermal energy sources are located?
7. Name some countries which are using geothermal energy for electricity generation and thermal
applications.

Hydroenergy
1. What is Hydroelectric Power?
2. How a Hydropower plant works?
3. What are the merits and demerits of hydropower?
4. What do you mean by small hydroelectric power?
5. What are the merits and demerits of small hydropower?
6.

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