Energy Saver's Energy 101 Video Series has short, dynamic, and informative videos that provide an introduction to energy efficiency, renewable energy, and transportation and fuels. Each Energy 101 video is designed to create awareness and inspire conversation around the basics of energy innovations and the solutions they offer.
View the complete Energy 101 video series via the U.S. Department of Energy’s YouTube playlist.
The Energy 101 video series is a collection of educational videos produced by the U.S. Department of Energy, with the next generation of energy leaders in mind. Text version.
Energy Efficiency
Learn how switching to a cool roof can save you money and benefit the environment.
Learn how a home energy checkup can help identify leaks in your home and save you money. Text version
Renewable Energy
This video explains what CSP is, how it works, and how systems like parabolic troughs produce renewable power. Text version.
The video highlights the basic principles at work in geothermal energy production, and illustrates three different ways the Earth's heat can be converted into electricity.
Learn how hydropower captures the kinetic energy of flowing water and turns it into electricity for our homes and businesses. Text version.
See how marine and hydrokinetic technologies harness the energy of the ocean's waves, tides, and currents and convert it into electricity to power our homes, buildings and cities. Text version.
Solar photovoltaic (PV) systems can generate cost-effective power anywhere the sun shines. This video shows how a PV panel converts the energy of the sun into renewable electricity to power homes and businesses. Text version
The video highlights how wind turbine components convert wind energy to electricity and the Energy Department's efforts to advance offshore wind power. Text version.
Transportation and Fuels
This video shows how oil is extracted from algae and refined into biofuels. Text version.
This video shows how biomass is broken down and refined into biofuels via biochemical and thermochemical processes. Text version.
This edition of Energy 101 highlights the benefits of electric vehicles, including improved fuel efficiency, reduced emissions, and lower maintenance costs. Text version.
See how organic materials like corn stover, wheat straw, and woody plants are being used to create homegrown biofuels in the United States—all while reducing our dependence on foreign oil and creating jobs in rural America. Text Version.
Learn how fuel cell technology generates electricity from hydrogen to power our buildings and transportation. Text version.
In this video, learn how new fuel-efficient technologies are making our country's big rigs quieter, less polluting, more energy-efficient, and less expensive to operate over time. Text version.
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