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Fossil Fuels |
- China
- Huge demands on coal, but has own reserves
- Starting to branch out into more renewable energy (HEP)
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Nuclear Power |
- France
- Produces approx 80% of its energy in nuclear power stations
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Tidal Power |
- Severn Barrage, UK
- A proposed scheme to generate tidal power in the SW
- Impacts on the environment
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Hydroelectric Power |
- Three Gorges Dam, China / Itaipu Dam, Brazil
- Costs and benefits of dam and reservoir construction
- Impacts - social, economic, environmental and demographic
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Biofuels |
- Brazil
- The use of bioethanol from sugar cane for energy production
- Negative environmental consequences since land is needed to grow biofuels
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Wind Power |
- UK
- Has a windy climate and access to offshore locations
- Impacts and opposition?
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Solar Power |
- USA / Germany
- Investment into new, more efficient technology
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Geothermal Power |
- Iceland
- Heat from the crust - is only usually available near constructive plate boundaries.
- Southampton lies in an area with a high geothermal gradient and uses some geothermal energy
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