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Introduction to Renewable Energy

Provided by: Stanford Energy
Videos Grades 9-12, ap-college

Synopsis

  • This 68-minute video lecture on renewable energy discusses what "renewable" means, the role renewables play in our energy use, and the factors affecting renewable energy project development. 
  • The website includes reading materials and a fact sheet to support understanding of the lecture.  
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Subjects: Physics, Earth and Space Sciences, Engineering
Authors: Stanford Energy
Region: Global, California
Languages: English

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Stanford Understand Energy
Stanford University’s Understand Energy Learning Hub provides free access to Stanford course content on energy resources from fossil fuels like oil and coal to renewable resources like the wind, the sun, and efficiency; energy currencies like electricity and hydrogen; and energy services such as transportation and buildings. Explore the Hub and build your energy literacy to address climate change and sustainability issues, engage on equity and human development challenges, participate in energy industry markets and technology innovations, and make informed energy decisions.

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