80 Renewable Energy Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which Korean tidal power station became the world's largest when it opened in 2011?
Answer
Sihwa Lake Tidal Power Station
Which renewable-energy storage method pumps water uphill when electricity is plentiful and releases it through turbines later?
Answer
Pumped-storage hydroelectricity
Which solar park in India has a planned capacity of about 2.25 gigawatts?
Answer
Bhadla Solar Park
Which tidal barrage in France began generating electricity in 1966 and was then the world's largest tidal power station?
Answer
Rance Tidal Power Station
Which offshore wind farm, opened in 1991, was the world's first commercial offshore wind farm?
Answer
Vindeby Offshore Wind Farm
What was the name of the first wind turbine to generate more than 1 megawatt of electricity, installed in Vermont in 1941?
Answer
Smith–Putnam wind turbine
Which renewable-energy technology uses organic waste to produce both biogas and digestate?
Answer
Anaerobic digestion
Which country built the first large-scale solar thermal power station, Solar One?
Answer
United States
What is the name of the process that turns used cooking oil into biodiesel?
Answer
Transesterification
Which material is the main combustible component of biogas?
Answer
Methane
Which California site is the world's largest geothermal field?
Answer
The Geysers
Which 1954 device is widely recognized as the first practical silicon solar cell?
Answer
Bell Labs silicon solar cell
Which solar power station in Morocco uses mirrors to concentrate sunlight and store heat in molten salt?
Answer
Noor Ouarzazate Solar Complex
What renewable energy source uses underground heat to generate electricity or provide heating?
Answer
Geothermal energy