Energy Made Easy
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Biomass, otherwise known as organic matter, can be used to produce fuel and other products used in the chemicals, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries. Find out more…
Nuclear power plants harness the energy from nuclear fission to generate electricity.
How do you capture carbon dioxide emitted by industrial plants and store it over the long term? The first step consists in separating the carbon dioxide from the other flue…
Crude oil first needs to be refined into other products before it can be used by consumers and industry. The process involves separating the large number of hydrocarbon…
The Earth’s heat is a source of energy that has been used since ancient times. (40” animated video)
Wind has always been used by humankind. (1’ animated video)
Over the centuries, humankind has invented many ways of harnessing energy from water. (1’17” animated video)
Seismic reflection involves transmitting sound waves beneath the surface. The reflected waves return to the surface and are recorded, producing an image similar to a…
Many observers believe that using hydrogen as an energy carrier holds out significant energy potential. Fuel cells, which are powered by a fuel such as hydrogen to produce…
At the end of the Paleozoic era, when the Earth’s climate was hot and humid, large forests were successively buried, resulting in the formation of coal over millennia. At…
