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Round 6: Tossup 2

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, (-5[1])left Tanzania over disputes with TANESCO. Morocco provides this service (-5[1])through complexes like one at Noor, which uses a parabolic trough collector as a “concentrated” facility of its type. (-5[1])This (10[1])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 (10[1])this service (-5[1])has led to loadshedding. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, what service may be conveyed as HVDC from photovoltaics or batteries? ■END■ (10[4])

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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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Jas WangUCLA FClaremont B32-5
Bolun ThompsonUCLA CClaremont A42-5
Winston ZuoUC Santa BarbaraUSC A61-5
Nick MachinUCLA AUC Irvine6210
Annika LarsonClaremont AUCLA C8810
Shreyansh SatapurthyUCLA DClaremont C90-5
Cliodora SelyuzhitskyUCSD AUCLA B94-5
Mai HöglundClaremont BUCLA F9410
Terrence HanUCLA BUCSD A10910
Diego MongeClaremont CUCLA D10910
Yuv MaganUCSD BUSC B10910
Chris ChangUSC AUC Santa Barbara10910

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%25%76.00
Southern CaliforniaUS7100%71%97.14
Eastern Canada (1)US475%25%77.67
Eastern Canada (2)US9100%22%91.11
FloridaUS4100%25%97.00
Great LakesUS10100%60%97.20
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS9100%44%103.11
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS989%22%86.13
MidwestUS9100%33%89.00
NorthUS4100%50%97.00
NortheastUS12100%33%99.75
PacificUS8100%38%88.88
South CentralUS6100%17%87.17
SoutheastUS12100%33%95.50
Upstate NYUS5100%20%101.40