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Energy Resources - Coggle Diagram
Energy Resources
Renewable Energy Resources
Wave Power
Advantages: Abundant and predictable, no greenhouse gas emissions, potential for coexistence with other activities.
Disadvantages: Emerging technology, high costs, potential environmental impacts.
Conversion of ocean waves' motion into electricity.
Tidal Power
Advantages: Predictable and reliable, no fuel consumption, minimal visual impact.
Disadvantages: Limited geographical suitability, potential environmental impacts, high costs.
Generation of electricity from the tides' kinetic energy
Geothermal Powe
Advantages: Continuous and reliable, low emissions, small land footprint.
Disadvantages: Limited geographical availability, high upfront costs, potential for depletion.
Extraction of heat from the Earth's interior to generate electricity.
Hydropower
Advantages: Reliable and controllable, large-scale energy production, no direct emissions.
Disadvantages: Environmental impacts, habitat alteration, displacements of communities.
Conversion of flowing or falling water into electricity using turbines.
Wind Power
Clean and abundant, no greenhouse gas emissions, low operational costs
Disadvantages: Intermittent generation, visual and noise impact, bird and bat collisions
Conversion of wind energy into electricity using wind turbines.
Solar Power
Advantages: Abundant and inexhaustible, low greenhouse gas emissions, decentralized energy production.
Disadvantages: Intermittent generation, high initial costs, land and space requirements.
Conversion of sunlight into electricity using photovoltaic cells or solar thermal technologies.
Non-Renewable Energy Resources
Fossil Fuels
Advantages: Well-established infrastructure, high energy density.
Disadvantages: High greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution, resource depletion, environmental degradation.
Combustion of fossil fuels to produce electricity.
Biofuels
Advantages: Renewable if sustainably produced, reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
Disadvantages: Competes with food production, land-use conflicts, limited scalability.
Conversion of organic materials, such as plants, into fuel for electricity generation.
Nuclear Power
Advantages: High energy output, low greenhouse gas emissions, continuous power generation.
Disadvantages: Radioactive waste, potential for accidents, nuclear proliferation concerns.
Generation of electricity through nuclear reactions, usually fission.