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What is renewable energy?

Renewable energy comes from natural


resources that are naturally replenished, such as
sunlight, wind and waves.
What is non-renewable energy?

Non-renewable energy comes from natural


resources that are not naturally replenished,
such as oil and coal.
Gas is used to cook our
food and to heat our
homes and water.
We need energy to
power our cars. We
use diesel, petrol or
electricity for fuel.
We use electricity to
power lots of things,
such as lights, televisions
and computers.
Renewable energy, such as wind or Non-renewable resources, such as
sunshine, can’t be stored to be used oil or coal, can be stored and used
whenever we need it. when they are needed.

If the wind doesn’t blow, or if it


isn’t very sunny, then there may not be
enough power for everyone.
Solar energy comes from the sun.

The sun can be used to give us heat energy.

Solar panels are used to convert


sunlight into electricity.
Wind turbines are used to convert
wind energy to electricity.

The wind blows the blades around and


this movement is converted into electricity.

A group of wind turbines is called a


wind farm.
Hydropower is energy that comes
from moving water.

Water that flows down fast-flowing rivers is


used to spin turbines that generate electricity.

The movement of big waves at sea can


also be used to generate energy.
Geothermal energy is thermal energy generated and stored
in the earth.

It is always very warm underground, even if it is very cold on


the surface.

We can collect heat from underground and use it to heat our houses.

The lava from volcanoes shows us how hot it is underground.


Biomass means ‘natural material’.
Energy can be obtained by burning natural
waste materials such as scrap pieces of wood,
dead trees and unused parts of crops.

You can even burn the gas produced by cow


manure to make energy.
Coal is mined from under the ground
and burned in large power stations to produce
electricity.

The coal that we use cannot be replaced so one


day there will be no coal left.

Burning coal is bad for the environment


because lots of carbon dioxide gets
released into the atmosphere.
Oil is found deep underground and
pumped up to the surface for us to use.

Oil is burned at some power stations to make


electricity and is also used to make fuel which
we use in our cars.

If we keep using oil there will


eventually be none left.
Nuclear power stations use uranium
as fuel to make electricity. Uranium
is a natural resource taken from the ground so it
is not renewable.

Nuclear power doesn’t produce much waste so


it is a very clean way of generating energy.
Natural gas is found deep
underground and is pumped into our homes.
We use it to cook and burn it in a boiler to heat
our water.

The gas that we pump from underground


will one day run out and there won’t be
any left to use.

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