Energy Alternatives

Dr. James Gover, Professor of Electrical Engineering

Kettering University

The seminar entitled energy alternatives will emphasize the comparative costs, advantages and disadvantages and long-term potential of each energy alternative.  The outline of this seminar is as follows:

Introduction

I. Stationary Electric Power

a. Coal Fired Plants

b. Gas Turbine Plants

c. Wind Power

d. Photovoltaics

e. Geothermal

f. Nuclear Fission

g. Nuclear Fusion

II. Transportation Power Systems

a. Hybrid-Electric Vehicles

b. Fuel-Cell Systems

c. Sources of Hydrogen

III. Conclusions and Recommendations