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- Non-conventional electric power plants
The main disadvantage of these power plants is that they generate much less energy, since they use diffuse energy sources.
Their advantages are that they contaminate much less that conventional power plants, they use renewable sources and they reduce the energy dependence of petroleum and natural gas.
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4.5. Ocean power plants
These power plants use the energy from the seas and the oceans. The concept is to use three types of energy from the sea:
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5.3. Waste treatment
To reduce the waste generated by thermal power plants, as well as their effects, several measures can be taken.
Waste from nuclear power plants is stored in drums with thick sides that do not let the nuclear radiation escape. These are then stored in ocean trenches and underground.
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Energy sources are natural resources from wich we obtaine different forms of energy that can be transformed for a specific use.
Household uses: the operating of electrical appliances, heating systems, hot water systems, heat for cooking and for means of transport, for example.
Industrial uses: the operating of factories and companies, construction, agriculture and so on.
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- Conventional electric power plants
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