Energy: Past, Present, and Future

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 24.04.01

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Content Objectives
  3. Teaching Strategies
  4. Classroom Activities
  5. Resources
  6. Bibliography
  7. Appendix on Implementing District Standards
  8. Notes

Powering Our Community: An Analysis of Washington D.C.’s Renewable Energy Plan

Sean Crumley

Published September 2024

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Notes

1 https://sustainable.DC.gov/sD.C.2

2 Goldstein-Rose, p. 84

3 https://sustainable.dc.gov/page/energy

4 https://www.energy.gov/articles/top-6-things-you-didnt-know-about-solar-energy

5 https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/how-does-solar-work

6 Fraas, Lewis, and Mark O'Neill p. 2

7 Palz, p. 6

8 Palz, p.8

9 https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Photovoltaic_effect

10 https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Photovoltaic_effect

11 Fraas, Lewis, and Mark O'Neill p. 4

12 https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Photovoltaic_effect

13 https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Photovoltaic_effect

14 Blakers, p. 197

15 Brudvig, Gary. “Energy: Past, Present, and Future”. Lecture, Yale University. July 16, 2024.

16 Blakers, p. 197

17 Blakers p. 198

18 https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/wind/electricity-generation-from-wind.php

19 Williams p. 28

20https://www.nrel.gov/research/re-wind.html#:~:text=Unlike%20fans%2C%20which%20use%20electricity,generator%20and%20creates%20clean%20electricity.

21https://www.nrel.gov/research/re-wind.html#:~:text=Unlike%20fans%2C%20which%20use%20electricity,generator%20and%20creates%20clean%20electricity.

22https://www.nrel.gov/research/re-wind.html#:~:text=Unlike%20fans%2C%20which%20use%20electricity,generator%20and%20creates%20clean%20electricity.

23 Jaffe, p. 551

24 https://windexchange.energy.gov/maps-data

25 https://www.energy.gov/eere/wind/articles/top-10-things-you-didnt-know-about-offshore-wind-energy

26 https://www.nrel.gov/wind/distributed-wind.html

27 McCabe, p. 4

28 McCabe, p. 4

29 https://www.energy.gov/eere/wind/articles/top-10-things-you-didnt-know-about-offshore-wind-energy

30 Jaffe, p. 552

31 Sullivan, p. 3

32 Jaffe, p. 540

33 https://windexchange.energy.gov/projects/wildlife

34 https://climate.nasa.gov/news/1055/study-wind-farms-can-store-and-deliver-surplus-energy/

35 https://climate.nasa.gov/news/1055/study-wind-farms-can-store-and-deliver-surplus-energy/

36 Solomon-Goldstein. P. INSERT

37 https://www.iea.org/reports/outlook-for-biogas-and-biomethane-prospects-for-organic-growth/an-introduction-to-biogas-and-biomethane

38 https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-biogasconverting-waste-to-energy

39 https://afdc.energy.gov/fuels/natural-gas-renewable

40 https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/biomass/landfill-gas-and-biogas.php

41 https://afdc.energy.gov/fuels/natural-gas-renewable

42 https://www.unh.edu/sustainability/ecoline

43 https://www.iea.org/reports/outlook-for-biogas-and-biomethane-prospects-for-organic-growth/an-introduction-to-biogas-and-biomethane

44 https://afdc.energy.gov/fuels/natural-gas-renewable

45 https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-biogasconverting-waste-to-energy

46 https://www.iea.org/reports/outlook-for-biogas-and-biomethane-prospects-for-organic-growth/an-introduction-to-biogas-and-biomethane

47 https://www.iea.org/reports/outlook-for-biogas-and-biomethane-prospects-for-organic-growth/an-introduction-to-biogas-and-biomethane

48 https://blogs.edf.org/energyexchange/2019/04/15/not-all-biogas-is-created-equal/

49 https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/pdf/sec10_3.pdf

50 https://www.uwsp.edu/wcee/wcee/keep/keep-lessons/renewable-energy-lessons/

51 https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ps3-5-energy

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