Energy Around The World by Alan Avila

How energy is produced?

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Energy is the force that drives our world, it allows us to carry out our daily activities, without energy our modern society would not function, but have you ever wondered where it comes from? Or better yet, how many types are there?

Solar Energy

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How it works: Sunlight converted into electricity

Advantanges: reliable electrical power source

Disadvantanges: high initial cost

Wind Energy

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How it works: The wind turns the blades of giant turbines.

Advantanges: Of the cheapest renewable technologies avdiable today

Disadvantages: Few suitable wind sites.

Tidal Energy

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How it works: Turns the potential energy of tides into electrity

Advantanges: it is a natural process because it axploits the potential energy of tides.

Disadvantages: aquatic ecosystem and the shoreline can be damage

Biomass Energy

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How it works: Renewable energy source deriving from plant material and animal waste.

Advantanges: Is carbon neutral and has low initial cost.

Disadvantages: Smaller potential requires excellent maintenance skills.

Geothermal Energy

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How it works: Used to drive turbines by hot springs.

Advantanges: Cheap and has low impact on the environment.

Disadvantages: Few sites where it can be extracted a low cost.

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Renewable Energy

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Renewable energy comes from inexhaustible or quickly replenished natural sources and generates low polluting emissions.

Non Renewable Energy

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Non-renewable energy comes from finite resources, which contribute to climate change and environmental pollution, they are exhaustible resources.

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Nuclear Energy

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How it works: Produced bythe splitting of atoms of uranium.

Advantanges: Requires little fuel and cause less air pollution that other plants.

Disadvantages: Produce waste material radioactive that afectts the environment and persons.

Oil Energy

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How it works: Refined oil has been burnt and produce heat, which do steam and turn turbines.

Advantanges: Provide much energy per unit of volume

Disadvantages: Generates a lot of air poluution and CO2

Gaseous Energy

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How it works: Gas combustion moved turbines to generated electricity.

Advantanges: Natural gas has differents aplications from generated electricity until heating and cooking.

Disadvantages: Its extraction and transport emits methane. It is highly flammable..

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