Understandings:
• Specific energy and energy density of fuel sources
• Sankey diagrams
• Primary energy sources
• Electricity as a secondary and versatile form of energy
• Renewable and non-renewable energy sources
Applications and skills:
Solving specific energy and energy density problems
• Sketching and interpreting Sankey diagrams
• Describing the basic features of fossil fuel power stations, nuclear power stations, wind
generators pumped storage hydroelectric systems and solar power cells
• Solving problems relevant to energy transformations in the context of these generating
systems