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Introduction to Sustainable Energy

An overview of introductory resources on sustainable energy, covering a list of blogs, books, magazines and reference sites.

Now also including a list for video's and for discussion groups on energy. 

I hope these lists meet your expectations. If note, thanks for voting on these resources and adding your own.

This lens is open for diversity of opinion, but off-topic submissions will be moderated. 

Electricity for dummies 

The system that delivers electricity to users is highly complex. While electricity is an omnipresent and crucial part of our everyday economy, understanding this system and all its associated phenomena is not easy, sometimes even for trained electrical engineers. In such a case an intuitive analogy often helps to form a better idea of how things work. This eBook compares the electrical system with a tandem bicycle to explain its main characteristics.

For kids & the young at heart 

Tools, games, educations materials to understand energy
Energyville - energy options for 3.9 million citizens
In the game, you need to ensure the energy needs (not just electricity, but also transport and heating) for a city of 3.9 million people, with a 2030 time horizon. And of course, you need to keep citizens prosperous and minimise impact to the environment.
Electrocity - a highly addictive game for students young and old
You can become the mayor of a city of 10,000 people with 30 plots of land, on which you can build power plants, factories, amusement parks and so on. You start with a capital of 400, and play 150 turns to develop your city.

How precious is a kWh of electricity? 

A kWh of electricity means:

  • 1200 electric shaves (> 3 years)
  • Slice 100 breads
  • Drying your hair 15 times
  • 4 TV evenings
  • Listening to 15 CD's
  • Using a (small) refrigerator for 24 hours
  • 20 microwave meals
  • Drill 250 holes
  • 4 evenings of light with 60 W incandescent lamps
  • 20 evening of light with 11 W compact fluorescent light

[Source: Milieuzorg op School, nr 5, Mei 2005]

What's a Joule 

VWEW's 'Lernsequenzen' (in German) [1], gives a few typical energy benchmarks, allowing to develop an intuitive feeling for Joules, Megajoules and Gigajoules:

  • Energy to lift 1 l water by 10 cm: 1 J
  • Energy to heat 1 liter water by 0.2 degrees: 1 kJ
  • Energy to boil 1 liter water from 0 degrees: 0.5 MJ
  • Energy to climb 1000 m: 0.8 MJ
  • Energy to vaporise 1 l boiling water: 22.6 MJ
  • Energy to drive a medium-sized car for 100 km on highway: 250 MJ
  • Energy to drive a high speed train at 250 km/hour for 100 km: 9,800 MJ

[1] VWEW, Lernsequenzen Heft 1, p 10

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What's a Watt? 

VWEW's 'Lernsequenzen' (in German) [1], gives a few typical power benchmarks, allowing to develop an intuitive feeling for Watts, from mili-Watts and Megawatts:

  • Wristwatch: 0.02 mW
  • Bicycle light: 3 W
  • Person (continuous): around 100 W
  • Top sport (long-duration effort): around 340 W
  • Average power of a horse: around 500 W
  • Car: e.g. 55 kW
  • Truck: around 250 kW
  • Diesel locomotive: up to 3,000 kW
  • Nuclear power plant: 1,300 MW 

[1] VWEW, Lernsequenzen Heft 1, p 10

Reference sites on energy 

Energy Technology Data Exchange
4 million papers and reports at your fingertips, with advanced search capability

Leonardo ENERGY | Sustainable Energy Blog 

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Sustainable Energy for All 

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Sustainable Energy on YouTube 

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