Energy portion of our empowered stories professional development series

1. Energy Focus
With the ever-expanding natural gas industry growing, historic coal industry and our energy
needs changing, West Virginia is situated in the middle of these industries. The program is
funded under the idea that students understand their capacity in the energy field.

2. How are fossil fuels are created?

5. Careers in the energy industry…

6. What we use energy for?

7. How do we use energy?

11. www.oocities.org

12. Coal
• Used for 3,000 years
• 40% of electricity is produced by coal
• 6 billion tons a year used

15. surface or !
opencast mining
http://www.worldcoal.org/coal/coal-mining/
www.rtcc.org
ilovemountains.org

16. underground or 'deep' mining
ROOM & PILLAR
MINING
LONGWALL MINING
www.dol.gov
mitchellpayes.com
kaydawnsblog.blogspot.com

17. Natural Gas

19. Drilling

20. Vertical
Drilling

21. Horizontal
Drilling

22. Pictures of a polished section of Marcellus Shale in reflected light.
Fracture Shale rock formation
0.2 millimeters

23. Hydraulic
Fracturing

24. The Site

26. technologygreenenergy.blogspo
Solar Energy

27. www.l-g-construction.com
Wind Energy
www.epa.gov

28. Biomass Energy
uhaweb.hartford.edu
www.energy.ca.gov

29. Hydroelectric Energy
www.worldwideenergyinc.com

30. Geothermal Energy
www.conserve-energy-future.com
oilprice.co

31. Nuclear Energy
guprogressive.com