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Energy Efficiency of Lightning

Energy Efficiency of Lightning. Leah Holleman Brooke Perry APES Pd: 1 st. What are its main goals?. To provide adequate energy from a natural source To not harm the Earth with unintended effects. http://www.personal-computer-services.co.uk/Images/lightning.jpg.

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Energy Efficiency of Lightning

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  1. Energy Efficiency of Lightning Leah Holleman Brooke Perry APES Pd: 1st

  2. What are its main goals? • To provide adequate energy from a natural source • To not harm the Earth with unintended effects http://www.personal-computer-services.co.uk/Images/lightning.jpg

  3. What is its overall potential in “making a difference”? • It is a free source and can be sold for much cheaper than current market energy • Lightning strikes the earth 100 times per second, so there is a huge channel of energy always flowing from Earth • One storm can discharge enough energy to supply the entire U.S. with electricity for 20 minutes

  4. How does it work? • A prototype collects power from ground area during a strike • Converted into electricity and sold through existing power grids • Mobile “lightning farm” • A lightning bolt carries one million kilowatts of electrical energy http://images.machinedesign.com/images/archive/70867whenlightn_00000047536.jpg

  5. What technological obstacles might disrupt/stall mass implementation? • Strikes random, inconsistent and highly unpredictable, thus difficult to set up lightning power system • Little research fully completed • Uses energy at once, requiring huge batteries and capacitors at facilities • Powerful that it could easily overload all but the most sophisticated and heavy-duty systems

  6. What political/economical obstacles might disrupt/stall mass implementation? • Huge cost factor, even only considering the research • Federal budgets for alternative energy sources http://www.miqel.com/images_1/reading_library/lightning-shaman.jpg

  7. What are some of the negative environmental impacts? • There are few, if any, because lightning itself is a natural occurrence of the Earth • Possibilities are: 1. an explosion 2. striking a fire 3. large portion of land used for lightning farms http://www.stormscapesdarwin.com/userimages/swaw06_lightning.jpg

  8. Bibliography • http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/10/alternative_ene_2.php • http://www.greenideal.com/alternative-energy/can-lightning-be-harnessed-as-an-energy-source/ • http://www.wisegeek.com/can-we-store-electricity-from-lightning.htm • http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/150599main_lightning_photo.jpg (background photo) http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/discoverthis/lightning-lab-a.gif

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