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Energy Sources (Fossil Fuels (Advantages (Simple, Cheap, Easy to…
Energy Sources
Fossil Fuels
Coal
Burnt
Produces heat
Heat water - steam
Turns a turbine
Turns a generator
Oil
Burnt
Produces heat.
Heat water - steam
Turns a turbine
Turns a generator
Gas
Burnt
Produces heat
Heat water - steam
Turns a turbine
Turns a generator
Advantages
Simple
Cheap
Easy to transport
Disadvantages
Produces greenhouse gases
Produces acid rain
Non-renewable
Nuclear Energy (fission)
Uranium/Plutonium
Atoms split
Release energy as heat
Heat water - steam
Turns a turbine
Turns a generator
Advantages
Produces a lot of energy
No greenhouse gases
No acid rain
Disadvantages
Very expensive
Possibly very harmful (meltdown)
Radioactive waste
No reliable way of disposing waste
Hydroelectricity
GPE in water stored high up
GPE > KE
Turns a turbine
Turns a generator
Advantages
Once built energy is free
No greenhouse gases
No acid rain
Renewable
Disadvantages
Expensive to build
Can flood land and damage wildlife
Wave
Makes water rise and fall in air chambers
Compressed air turns a turbine
Turns a generator
Advantages
Renewable
No greenhouse gases
No acid rain
Once built the energy is free
Disadvantages
Needs large waves
Weather dependant
Can be destroyed by storms
Tidal Energy
A dam with holes in
Water flows through turbines
Turns the turbines
Turns a generator
Advantages
Renewable
Once built the energy is free
No acid rain
No greenhouse gases
Disadvantages
Expensive
Hard to build
Can flood land and damage wildlife
Geothermal Energy
Uses energy from the earths core
Hot rocks heat water
Steam turns a turbine
Turns a generator
Advantages
Renewable
No greenhouse gases
No acid rain
Once built the energy is free
Disadvantages
Only useful in some countries
Expensive to build
Wind Energy
The wind turns a turbine
Turns a generator
Advantages
Renewable
Free once built
Simple
No greenhouse gases
No acid rain
Disadvantages
Weather reliant
Not much power
Destroys views
Noisy
Solar Energy
Panels(heat water) Cells (electricity)
Advantages
Renewable
Free once installed
No greenhouse gases
No acid rain
Disadvantages
Expensive
Low power output
Weather dependant