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Disadvantages

What is it? •Inefficient (only 30%


•Biomass, is a efficiency).
renewable energy •Releases harmful solid
source made of carbon particles into the
biological material atmosphere.
from living, or
recently living
organisms.
•Energy is released
by combustion
(burning). Advantages
•Produces less pollution
than fossil fuels.
•Does not cause acid rain.
•Can be found locally.
•It is renewable.
Disadvantages
What is it? •Harmful radioactive
•Radiation is waste is created.
released from the •Uranium supplies may
nuclei of metal only last for another 50
atoms. years.
•The radiation can •Non-renewable
be used to generate •Radiation may cause
electricity. cancer

Advantages
•Green House gases are
not made.
•Only a small amount of
fuel is needed to create a
lot of energy.
Disadvantages
What is it? •Lots of wind turbines are
•Wind turbines are needed to produce
used to generate enough power.
electricity from the •Turbines can only be put
wind. in windy areas.
•The wind turns the •It is not always windy.
large blades and the •Some people don’t like
blades turn a the look of the turbines.
generator.

Advantages
•Wind is renewable.
•Wind is free.
•No greenhouse gases are
made.
•There are few safety risks.
Disadvantages
What is it? •Solar panels are expensive.
•Solar power •When it is cloudy or at night
uses energy there is not enough light.
from the Sun. •Some people don’t like the
•Solar panels look of solar panels.
transfer the
Suns energy to
heat water.

Advantages
•The energy from the Sun is
free.
•The sun does not produce
greenhouse gases.
•The sun will always be there
during our lifetime.
Disadvantages
What is it? •Solar cells are expensive.
•Solar cells use •They take up lots of
energy from the space.
Sun. •They only work in Sun
•Solar panels light
transfer the
Suns energy
directly into
electricity.

Advantages
•The energy from the Sun is
free.
•The sun does not produce
greenhouse gases.
•The sun will always be there
during our lifetime.
Disadvantages
What is it? •There are not many places
•Rocks under where we can build geothermal
the ground are power stations.
hot. •Harmful gases and minerals
•Water can be may occasionally come up from
pumped the ground below. These can
through these be
hot rocks and •difficult to control.
warmed up.

Advantages
•Geothermal energy does
not produce greenhouse
gases.
•The energy source is free
and will not run out.
Disadvantages
What is it? •The dam is expensive to build.
•Flowing water •By building a dam, the nearby
is used to turn area has to be flooded and this
a turbine which could affect nearby habitats.
generates •If it does not rain much we may
electricity. not have enough water to turn
the turbines.

Advantages
•When the electricity is
generated, no greenhouse gases
are made.
•The water used is free.
•It is a renewable energy source.
Disadvantages
What is it? •Small waves generate small
•Waves force amounts of electricity.
air in and out •Electricity needs to be
of a chamber. transported from the sea
•The air causes onto the land.
a turbine to •The equipment is expensive
generate
electricity.

Advantages
•Waves are free and will not
run out.
•Wave power does not produce
greenhouse gases.
•There are very few safety risks.
Disadvantages
What is it? •A dam to make the water flow
•Solar power through the generators might be
uses energy needed.
from the Sun. •Plants and animals that live
•Solar panels nearby might get harmed
transfer the •The tides only happen twice a
Suns energy to day, so can only produce
heat water. electricity at that time.

Advantages
•Tides are free and will not
run out.
•No greenhouse gases are
produced.
•It is reliable because we
know exactly when the tides
happen.
NATURAL GAS
What is it?
•Is a form of fossil fuel, so are coal and crude oil
(petroleum).
•Fossil Fuels were formed from plants and animals
that lived on Earth million years ago. They are buried
deep in Earth.
•Natural gas and oil are taken from deep through oil
rigs while coal is extracted through mining.
Advantages
•Used to produce electricity
Disadvantages and run vehicles and factory
•Non-renewable resource machines.

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