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How do we get electricity from fossil fuels?
Furnace --> Turbine -->Generator-->Step up transformer-->National grid
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How do we get electricity from nuclear fuels?
Reactor-->Heat exchanger-->Turbine-->Generator-->Step up transformer--> National grid
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Types of renewable energy?
Wind, wave, Hydroelectric,Biofuel,Solar,Geothermal
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Power =?
Voltage x Current
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Energy =?
PowerxTime
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Efficiency=?
(Useful energy/Total energy) x 100
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Advantages of fossil fuels
High energy output, efficient, used anywhere
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Disadvantages of fossil fuels
Non renewable, Contributes to acid rain, generates greenhouse gases
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Advantages of Wind power
Renewable, No greenhouse gases, No waste
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Disadvantages of wind power
Expensive, Noisy and spoils the view, would need a lot of them
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How do we get electricity from nuclear fuels?

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Types of renewable energy?

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Power =?

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Energy =?

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