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ENERGY
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
SOLAR
Affects ecosystems
Renewable
Reduces dependence on other fuels
Discontinous and random
BIOMASS
Beneficial
Renewable
Reduces dependence on other fuels
Increases the greeenhouse effects
WIND POWER
Visual and sound impact
Renewable
Reduces dependence on other fuels
Low levels of performance
OCEAN POWER
Environmental changes
Renewable
Reduces dependence on other fuels
High installation cost
HYDROELECTRIC
Lands underwater
Renewable
Great capacity and high performance
Risk of disaster if a dam breaks
NUCLEAR
Danger of radiaton contamination and non-recyclabe waste pollutants
Non-renewable
Great capacity and high performance
Radioactive emissions
FOSSIL FUEL THERMAL PLANT
Atmospheric pollution and released warm water
Non-renewable
Great capacity and high performance
Respiratory diseases
TYPE OF POWER PLANT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENERGY USED
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
SOURCES
BY USE IN EACH COUNTRY
NON-CONVENTIONAL
CONVENTIONAL
BY ORIGIN
SECONDARY
PRIMARY
BY ENVIRONMENTAL ORIGIN
POLLUTED
CLEAN OR NON-POLLUTING
BY AVAILBILITY IN NATURE AND CAPACITY FOR REGENERATION
NON RENEWABLE
RENEWABLE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ELECTRICITY GENERATION
CONVENTIONAL THERMAL POWER PLANTS
ACID RAIN
INCREASE OF THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT
WARM WATER
AIR POLLUTION
NUCLEAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
NUCLEAR WASTE
FINAL ENERGY USE
FUEL TRANSPORT
OIL PIPELINES AND OIL TANKERS
EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES
TIMBER EXTRACTION
WATER TREATMENT
INCREASE THE SIZE OF LARGE FORESTED AREAS
USE COAL WITH LOW SULPHUR CONTENT
INSTALL SPECIAL FILTERS
SOME SOLUTIONS
ENERGY SAVINGS
ENERGY DIVERSIFICATIONS
EFFICIENCY
USES
INDUSTRIAL USES
HOUSEHOLD USES
ELECTRICITY
CHARACTERISTICS
IT CAN BE TRANSPORTED LONG DISTANCES
IT CAN BE EASILY TRANSFORMED
ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS
HOW AN ELECTRIC POWER PLANT WORKS
AN ALTERNATOR HAS A FIXED PART (STATOR) AND A MOVING PART (ROTOR)
THE TURBINE CONVERTS MECHANICAL ENERGY INTO THE ROTATING MOVEMENT OF A SHAFT
ALTERNATING ELECTRICAL CURRENT
THEY RELY ON A TURBINE-ALTERNATOR SYSTEM
TRANSPORT AND DISTRIBUTION
THEY ARE FACILITIES WHERE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ENERGY IS TRANSFORMED INTO ELECTRICITY
CONVENTIONAL ELECTRICAL POWER PLANTS
FOSIL FUEL THERMAL PLANTS
COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT
ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED AS A RESULT OF TWO COMBINED CYCLES
CONVENTIONAL THERMAL CYCLE
CYCLE THAT USES AIR AND GAS
WATER IS HEATED IN A BOILER BY THE HEAT GENERATED FROM A COMBUSTION OF A FOSSIL FUEL
HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS
DEPENDING ON THE DESTINATION OF WATER.
PUMP-DRIVEN HYDRAULIC POWER PLANT: IT REUSES WATER
GRAVITY-DRIVEN HYDRAULIC POWER PLANT: IT DOES NOT REUSE WATER
IT USES THE POTENCIAL ENERGY PROVIDED BY THE HEIGHT OF THE STORED WATER, CONVERTING IT INTO KINETIC ENERGY, WHICH MOVES THE BLADES
NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
URANIUM IS THE MAIN FUEL
HIGH RETURN ON THEIR ENERGY PRODUCTION
A NUCLEAR FISSION REACTOR PRODUCES THE PRESSURISED STEAM
NON-CONVENTIONAL ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS
THEY CONTAMINATE MUCH LESS THAN CONVENTIONAL POWER PLANTS
TYPES
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
PHOTO-THERMAL POWER PLANTS
THE HEAT GENERATED PRODUCES STEAM THAT MOVES THE ROTOR
THEY USE HELIOSTATS THAN REFLECT SUNLIGHT AND CONCENTRATE IT AT ONE POINT
PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER PLANTS
ENERGY IS DIRECTLY TRNASFORMED INTO ELECTRICITY BY PANELS OF PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
THEY USE THE ENERGY FROM THE SUN
GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS
THEY USE THE HEAT FOUND AT DEEP LEVELS IN THE EARTH. THIS HEAT MAY REACH THE SURFACE IN THE FORM OF STEAM, GASES, OR HOT WATER.
WIND POWER PLANTS AND WIND FARMS
THEY CAN ONLY BE INSTALLED IN PLACES WITH APPROPRIATE WIND CONDITIONS
THEY HAVE WIND TURBINE
BIOMASS THERMAL POWER PLANTS
SOURCES
SPECIFIC CROPS
WASTE FROM AGRI-FOOD INDUSTRIES
FORESTRY AND AGRICULTURAL WASTE
OCEAN POWER PLANTS
TYPES OF ENERGY
MECHANICAL ENERGY FROM WAVES
ENERGY FROM THE OCEAN'S THERMAL GRADIENT
MECHANICAL ENERGY FROM TIDES
THEY GENERATE MUCH LESS ENERGY
