Renewable energy
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- Created on: 16-01-13 09:43
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- Renewable energy-BRAZIL
- WIND
- No fossil fuels
- Brazil has highlands near the coast(stretch of 1400km) This is near the densely pop. areas=less on transport
- Take up less space than the average power station
- Noise pollution
- Many turbines needed
- Less efficient than Dam
- Brazil has the greatest wind energy production capacity in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Potential of 143,000MW
- In Rio Grande do Norte there building lots of wind farms(23 projects)
- SOLAR
- More focused on micro-energy(smaller scale)
- Very seasonal
- Suitable in Northern regions where the temperators are 20*+
- But this is away from the populated areas
- Can be placed in remote loacations
- Silent
- WIND
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