Clean Energy Vocabulary Builder

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Across
  1. 2. one of the dirtiest, polluting fossil fuels
  2. 5. type of vehicles that you can't buy new in 2035
  3. 10. reduction in or restriction on the availability of electrical power in a particular area
  4. 13. uses large fan blades to generate energy
  5. 15. power plants that generally run only when there is an unusually high demand
  6. 18. used to store power for when it is needed
  7. 19. fossil fuel used in California in peaker plants
  8. 21. component turned in many power production systems by steam
  9. 23. chamber in a natural gas turbine system where natural gas fuel is added and a reaction occurs
  10. 24. solar panels collect this from the sun
  11. 25. percent of power required to be from renewable energy sources by 2035 in California
Down
  1. 1. component in geothermal that cools steam back into liquid water
  2. 3. renewable energy that relies completely on water
  3. 4. well type in geothermal that brine and steam come out of the ground
  4. 6. renewable/clean energy source powered by the Earth's natural temperature
  5. 7. type of power we are working to transition from
  6. 8. energy from a source that is not depleted when used, such as wind or solar power
  7. 9. occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady
  8. 11. power generated with radioactive materials
  9. 12. long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns
  10. 14. another name for solar panels
  11. 16. process of removing gas-powered appliances from homes
  12. 17. renewable energy source powered by the sun
  13. 20. well type in geothermal that puts water in the ground
  14. 22. component in natural gas turbine systems to push air and raise the pressure of that air