Below are listed the energy resource categories and associated technologies that are included in this web site. Click on the links to learn more about each one.
Resource Category | Technology |
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Biomass | New biomass-fired plant with traditional combustion |
Biomass co-fire with existing coal plant | |
Landfill gas extraction and plant inventory | |
Methane extraction from wastewater treatment | |
Methane extraction from animal manure processing | |
Clean Coal | New clean pulverized coal (PC) technology (subcritical and supercritical technologies) |
New integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) | |
New coal fluidized bed (CFB) | |
Retrofit of existing pulverized coal (PC) with clean coal technology | |
Geothermal | Enhanced geothermal system (EGS) |
Geopressured geothermal | |
Natural Gas | Combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) |
Above-ground natural gas storage | |
Underground natural gas storage | |
Nuclear | Large light-water reactor |
Small modular reactor, integral pressurized water reactor | |
High-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) / Very high temperature gas-cooled reactor (VHTR) | |
Solar | Concentrating solar power (CSP) |
Utility-scale photovoltaic | |
Rooftop photovoltaic | |
Storage | Pumped hydroelectric storage (PHS) |
Compressed-air energy storage (CAES) | |
Water | Additional output from existing hydropower dams |
New output from existing non-powered dams | |
In-stream hydrokinetic energy | |
Tidal hydrokinetic energy | |
Wave energy | |
Wind | Land-based wind turbine |
Offshore wind turbine |