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Affect of UK Energy, 1950's-60's= Coal < 1970's-80's=…
Affect of UK Energy
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Strategies
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Increase in Renewable= 52% in 2017, 10% wind + 5% biomass
Nuclear Power= 24 new power stations in next 25 years, China investment
Conservation= energy efficiency on all products, incentives and grants for solar panels, loft insulation
Carbon Capture & Storage= Government pulled £1 billion for funding
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REPOWER BALCOLME= 18,500 solar panels with £250 investment 5% in the project
Threats from Fracking by Quadrilla Company in village but it powered 500 homes and local primary schools
Plans to develop larger solar farms, providing sustainability to the village
Gains commercial funding but any profits reinvested in the village
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Clean energy source, no CO2 so less harmful for the environment
Recreational paths and bridle ways for horses can be built within a windfarm
Hill sheep farming- economic activity
Visual Pollution
Noise Pollution
Migration on the nesting of birds
damage peat bogs on Moorland, disrupts the Falcon habitats
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Impacts the environment as drilling occurs in the process of Fracking
Drilling of pipes happens vertically and horizontally, pressure of water due to pumping makes rocks unstable
Wildlife disrupted like rabbits & earthworms
Chemicals are pumped underground so it can leak into the water table that can impact ecosystems and drinking water sources
Shale gas emits less greenhouse gases than coal
Methane can still release during drilling which can modify the atmosphere and is explosive
Earthquakes can form
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Examples= Tidal, Wind, Solar, Geothermal, H.E.P, Nuclear, Biomass
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