GCSE Renewable Energy Sources (2)
Part 2 (out of2)
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- Created on: 26-04-13 19:41
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- Renewable Energy (2)
- Pumped Storage
- Advanatges
- Quick release on demand
- Advanatges
- Tidal Barrages
- Advantages
- No pollution
- Tides happen every day (reliable)
- Creates large amount of power
- Disadvantages
- Tide height varies over the year
- Advantages
- Geothermal Energy
- Advantages
- Free energy, using earths natural heat
- Can directly heat homes
- Disadvantages
- Low amount of energy produced
- Initial high cost
- Not many sustainable areas to carry it out
- Advantages
- Biofuels
- Advantages
- Produce little greenhouse gas
- Recycle old material
- Advantages
- Pumped Storage
- Pumped storage is same as hydroelectric but uses already generated energy
- Pumped Storage
- Advanatges
- Quick release on demand
- Advanatges
- Pumped Storage
- Disadvantages
- Biofuels
- Advantages
- Produce little greenhouse gas
- Recycle old material
- Advantages
- Forest is cleared to grow biofules
- Biofuels
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