Reasons for energy variation
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- Created on: 13-12-14 15:30
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- Reasons for variations in energy supply
- Physical
- Relief: The greater the relief, the more sutiable the land is for hydroelectric plants
- Geology: Impermeable rocks are more sutiable for hydro
- Climate: e.g. Hot and sunny is suitable for solar and ethanol production
- Vegetation type e.g. forrestry for biomass
- Climate: e.g. Hot and sunny is suitable for solar and ethanol production
- Economic
- Land availability e.g. solar and wind farms require a large area compared to nuclear (land may be expensive)
- Technology: LEDCs are often limited to energy choices as they do not have the technology available to build all generation methods
- Fuel and running costs
- Political
- International agreements e.g. to reduce emissions
- Cost of construction and per unit of energy influences what's built (coal = cheap)
- Agreement with neighbouring countries e.g. rivers for damming
- Land availability e.g. solar and wind farms require a large area compared to nuclear (land may be expensive)
- Voter opposition e.g. fracking and polluting fuels
- Physical
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