Fast Fact About The Environment Technology
Hydroelectricity Method:
Hydroelectricity now supplies about 715,000 Megawatt or 19% of world electricity (16% in 2003), accounting for over 63% of the total electricity from renewables in 2005.
Largest Dam in the word: Three Gorges Dam
Three Gorges Dam started to build in 1994 and will be completed in 2011. A total of USD 25Billion is being earmarked for this project. Three Gorges Dam has the potential to produce 22,500 Megawatt of electricity that could solve China soaring energy demand.
Positive effect: Therefore, the Three Gorges Dam will potentially reduce
1. The coal consumption by 31 million tons per year,
2. Emission of 100 million tons of greenhouse gas,
3. Millions of tons of dust,
4. 1 million tons of sulfur dioxide,
5. 370 thousand tons of nitric oxide,
6. 10 thousand tons of carbon monoxide
7. Significant amount of mercury into the atmosphere
Negative effect:
1. It has displace 1.5millions of people’s.
2. Potential of more floods in the country
3. Loss of archaelogical
Wind Energy
Germany is the leading user for Wind Energy. They have the capacity to produce 20,621 Megawatt in 2006. It is said that Wind power in Germany provides over 70,000 people with jobs.
At the end of 2007, worldwide capacity of wind-powered generators was 94.1 gigawatts. Although wind currently produces just over 1% of world-wide electricity use,it accounts for approximately 19% of electricity production in Denmark, 9% in Spain and Portugal, and 6% in Germany and the Republic of Ireland. Globally, wind power generation increased more than fivefold between 2000 and 2007.
According to statistic, Wind turbine killed at least one bird each year.
Solar Energy
Solar Energy started to gain ground in the past 30 years because human’s fear that...
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