Geography KQ4 - Energy supplies and ensuring sustainability

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How can you manage energy supplies?
1. Use existing resources effectively 2. Ensure environmental impact is acceptable 3. Find sustainable methods-fossil fuels become increasingly scarce
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What can happen on an individual level to ensure sustainability?
Buy energy from sustainable suppliers, Supply parts of energy through solar panels or individual wind turbines, Buying energy efficient lighbulbs or turning down central heating thermostats
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What can happen on an community level to ensure sustainability?
Develop energy efficient homes and transport systems, Look for ways of reducing energy costs in public buildings, the use of modern technology to control heating and ventilation can save a lot of energy
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What can happen on an national level to ensure sustainability?
Make sustainable decisions about the country's energy mix, can also encourage development of renewable energy through funding, Gov also set minimum standards of energy efficiency and pollution in buildings and vehicles
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How much was spent in the UK to help finance renewable energy industries?
£3700 million
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What can happen on an international level to ensure sustainability?
Targets for use of renewable resources and reduction in carbon emissions are all decided on an international level
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What is an example of international-decision making influencing energy supply and price?
OPEC
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How can industry help to reduce energy consumption?
Many companies are striving to reduce energy costs or make plants 'energy neutral'- wind turbines, solar panels and more energy efficient buildings
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How can car companies help to save energy?
By producing energy efficient engines that do not require fossil fuels - Hybrids - Honda
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Individual scale to save energy..
B&Q Greener Energy Initiative 1.Keep the heat in 2.Turn down your thermostat 3.Switch to LED lighting 4.Tumble dry less 5.Switch off standby
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How can turning down your Thermostat help save energy?
Turning it down by 1 degree - save £75 on bills yearly and save 310kg in CO2 emissions
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Community Level - The main reasons for increasing demand for energy..
1. Heating, lighting and powering residential and commercial buildings 2.Vehicles and transportation systems
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What is an example of a community trying to save energy?
Bedzed Project - London borough of Sutton
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When was BedZed completed?
2002
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What was the Basic Concept of BedZed?
To produce an energy neutral 'village' which would also be a viable socio-economic community
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What are the building features in BedZed?
1. South-facing and glass fronted to capture suns heat, 2. High density insulation and triple glazing, 3. Thick walls that store heat in the day and release it at night
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What are the other features of the BedZed?
1. Low energy lighting, 2. Low energy kitchen appliances, 3. Heat from cooking recycled, 4. Waste water recycling
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How effective is the BedZed development?
1. The heating requirements are about 10% of a conventional home, 2. Energy required for hot water is 45% less than a conventional home, 3. Energy required for lighting/appliances is 55% less than a conventional home
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Key facts about California MEDC? (National Approach)
1. Most populous state in the USA, 2. Richest State, 3. Previously - lifestyle supported by high energy consumption of fossil fuels, 4. Now - world leader in sustainable energy production
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What is the Governments 'Green Agenda' in California?
1. Reduce energy consumption 2. Increase efficiency 3. Expand renewable energy sources 4. Cut GHG emissions
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What are the Transport points included in the policy?
1. Has introduced tough laws forcing cars manufacturers to introduce cleaner technology (25% by 2009), 2. Promotes use of non-petrol fuels e.g Biodiesels, Hydrogen
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What are the Coal-fired Power Station points included in the policy?
1. Electricity companies are charged for the amount of GHGs they emit - Carbon Dioxide costs $8 per tonne 2. Banned electricity companies from signing long-term contracts with coal-fired power stations
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What are the Geothermal points included in the policy?
1. Located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, 2. Produces 5% of California's energy
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What are the Positive Wind Power points included in the policy?
1. Has 14,000 wind turbines, 2. Old turbines are being replaced newer more advanced ones - produce electricity at the same price as coal and nuclear
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What are the negative Wind Power points included in the policy?
1. Only provides 1.5% of states electricity, 2. Requires a lot of land, 3. Put in environmentally sensitive areas, 4. Visual intrusion, 5. Disturbance of wildlife
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What are the Positive HEP Power points included in the policy?
1. Been used in California for a long time, 2. Cost-effective sites have been developed 3. Some energy is exported which generates capital (money) 4. Source of water irrigation and drinking water
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What are the negative HEP Power points included in the policy?
1. Changing runoff patterns 2. Blocking movement of migrating fish
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What are the Biomass Power points included in the policy?
1. 28 small plants, 2. Can play a role in reducing GHGs, 3. Removing over-grown biomass would also reduce the risk of wildfires, 4. Large quantities can be sourced from dead wood accumulated within overgrown forests
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Africa (LEDC Example) - What do economists suggest about Africas Development?
The lack of access to energy is a major factor in holding back development in Africa
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What is the challenge in Africa?
To provide sustainable energy across a vast area where populations are frequently dispersed
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What has been developed in Egypt to supply energy?
Aswan Dam - one of the largest multi-purpose dams in the world - completed in 1960s - currently supplies 10% of Egyptians with electricity and also provides drinking water and irrigation
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What has been developed in Cameroon to supply energy?
Micro wind turbines - each capable of supplying 5 houses with electricity only cost £100 and are easy to construct and maintain
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What has been developed in Rwanda to supply energy?
Largest solar power plant in Africa as part of 'Energy for Africa' foundation currently producing 50KWs and planned to be upgraded to 1 megawatt
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What has been developed in Kenya to supply energy?
HEP plant supplying 200 homes with electricity
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What is Europe's International Approach to achieving sustainability?
1. The EU has set an ambitious target that 20% of all energy should be produced by renewable methods by 2020
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How can industries help to reduce energy?
1. Oil companies are now being REBRANDED as 'Energy Companies' as they diversify into broader ranges of energy supply e.g Shell
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How has Honda become more sustainable as an business?
1. Honda has developed a petrol/electric hybrid engine which it says is 20% more powerful and 5% more fuel efficient, 2. Honda has also developed a Flexible Fuel Vehicle that enables petrol-engine based power-plants on 100% ethanol
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Why are finding sustainable methods of energy production so important in recent years?
1. In 1973 when OPEC decided to reduce exports of oil to western countries in their support of Israel with its conflict with Syria and Egypt - needed to drastically change!
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How did rising oil prices influence renewable energy?
Rising oil prices made Western Countries look at renewable more seriously Firstly, because of the rise in the price of oil & dangers of being dependent on oil when it was controlled by a few countries
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What will happen to oil over the next 30 years?
With the increasing demand and cost for oil the economic and environmental benefit of renewable energy is increasingly siginificant
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