Tossup
Note to moderator: read the answerline carefully. Maasai pastoralists have been displaced by projects providing this service located in Kenya’s Olkaria region. Husk, a company that provides “mini” methods of providing this service, left Tanzania over disputes with TANESCO. Morocco provides this service through complexes like one at Noor, which uses a parabolic trough collector as a “concentrated” facility of its type. This service is intended to be supplied across Africa by the much-delayed Grand Inga infrastructure project in DR Congo. In South Africa, Eskom’s failure to fully provide this service has led to loadshedding. For 10 points, what service may be conveyed as HVDC from photovoltaics or batteries? ■END■
ANSWER: electricity [accept power; accept energy; accept being connected to the electrical grid; accept being connected to an electrical minigrid; accept geothermal energy or geothermal power; accept solar energy or solar power; accept concentrated solar power; accept wind power or wind energy; accept hydroelectric power or hydroelectric energy; accept hydropower or water power; accept renewable energy or renewable power; accept nonrenewable energy or nonrenewable power; prompt on CSP; prompt on light by asking “what provided service is allowing that?”; prompt on heating water or heating salt by asking “in order to provide what service to consumers?”]
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= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suren Grigorian | Berkeley Mighty Miner | Berkeley Little Prince | 57 | 10 |
| Danny Han | Stanford B | Berkeley Archer Queen | 61 | 10 |
| Hansen Jin | Berkeley Skeleton King | Berkeley Boss Bandit | 77 | 10 |
| Ritisha Dey | Stanford A | UCSC | 90 | -5 |
| Lorie Au-Yeung | UCSC | Stanford A | 109 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | TUH | Conv. % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern California | US | 4 | 100% | 25% | 76.00 |
| Southern California | US | 7 | 100% | 71% | 97.14 |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | 4 | 75% | 25% | 77.67 |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | 9 | 100% | 22% | 91.11 |
| Florida | US | 4 | 100% | 25% | 97.00 |
| Great Lakes | US | 10 | 100% | 60% | 97.20 |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | 9 | 100% | 44% | 103.11 |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | 9 | 89% | 22% | 86.13 |
| Midwest | US | 9 | 100% | 33% | 89.00 |
| North | US | 4 | 100% | 50% | 97.00 |
| Northeast | US | 12 | 100% | 33% | 99.75 |
| Pacific | US | 8 | 100% | 38% | 88.88 |
| Southeast | US | 12 | 100% | 33% | 95.50 |
| Upstate NY | US | 5 | 100% | 20% | 101.40 |