Download Energy Resources: Description, Advantages, Disadvantages, and Types and more Study notes Physics in PDF only on Docsity! 1.7.3 Energy Resources DOWNLOAD PDF Descriptions & Forms e Energy resources are large banks of energy that can be transferred into a form that can be used by society, such as electrical energy e The table below gives a brief description of the main energy resources, along with the form of energy contained in that resource ENERGY RESOURCE DESCRIPTION SN Reh a ela FUELS BURNING FUELS PRODUCE HEAT, WHICH | CHEMICAL CAN BE USED TO TURN WATER INTO. STEAM TO TURN TURBINES WATER HYDROELECTRIC AND TIDAL POWER USE GPE THE GPE OF WATER TO TURN TURBINES WHICH GENERATE ELECTRICITY WAVES WAVES ALSO CONTAIN ENERGY, IN THE KE FORM OF KE GEOTHERMAL HEAT FROM UNDERGROUND CAN BE USED | INTERNAL TO CREATE STEAM, WHICH SPINS TURBINES PRODUCING ELECTRICITY. NUCLEAR FISSION NUCLEAR FUEL IS REACTED, PRODUCING NUCLEAR HEAT WHICH CREATES STEAM SOLAR HEATING LIGHT FROM THE SUN CAN BE USED TO LIGHT WARM WATER PASSING THROUGH BLACK PIPES SOLAR CELLS PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS CAN USE LIGHT LIGHT TO CREATE ELECTRICITY WIND WIND TURBINES CAN BE USED TO KE PRODUCE ELECTRICITY Advantages and Disadvantages e All energy resources have advantages and disadvantages associated with them ENERGY RESOURCE ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES FOSSIL FUELS NO RELIABLE. CAN PRODUCES SIGNIFICANT PRODUCE ENERGY GREENHOUSE GASES AND ONALARGE SCALE, | POLLUTION, COST-EFFECTIVE WATER YES HYDRO IS RELIABLE TIDAL IS NOT RELIABLE AND CAN PRODUCE (BUT IS PREDICTABLE). CAN LARGE AMOUNT OF INVOLVE FLOODING LARGE ENERGY AT SHORT AREA, DESTROYING NOTICE. IMPORTANT WILDLIFE PRODUCES NO HABITATS. VERY FEW POLLUTION OF SUITABLE SITES. THE DAMS GREENHOUSE CAN BE VERY GASES. EXPENSIVE TO BUILD, BUT RUNNING COSTS ARE LESS THAN FOR FOSSIL FUELS. GEOTHERMAL YES RELIABLE. CAN BE CAN RESULT IN THE RELEASE COST-EFFECTIVE OF HARMFUL GASES FROM (IF BUILT IN THE UNDERGROUND. NOT MANY RIGHT PLACES). PLACES ARE SUITABLE. DOESN’T PRODUCE ENERGY ON A LARGE SCALE. NUCLEAR NO. RELIABLE AND CAN PRODUCES DANGEROUS PRODUCE ENERGY RADIOACTIVE WASTE THAT. ON VERY LARGE CAN TAKE THOUSANDS OF SCALES. PRODUCES | YEARS TO DECAY. NO GREENHOUSE POWER STATIONS ARE GASES OR EXPENSIVE TO BUILD AND POLLUTION. A VERY EXPENSIVE TO LARGE AMOUNT OF | DECOMMISSION. ENERGY IS PRODUCED FROM A SMALL AMOUNT OF FUEL. SOLAR YES PRODUCES NO NOT RELIABLE [ONLY WORKS. GREENHOUSE WHEN SUNNY). DOESN’T. GASES OR PRODUCE POLLUTION. GOOD ENERGY ON A LARGE SCALE. FOR PRODUCING PANELS ARE VERY ENERGY IN REMOTE EXPENSIVE TO BUY AND THE PLACES. COST -EFFECTIVENESS |S QUESTIONABLE WITHOUT GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES. WIND YES PRODUCES NO NOT RELIABLE. CAN BE NOISY GREENHOUSE AND UGLY, NOT GASES OR EVERYWHERE |S SUITABLE. POLLUTION. LAND CAN STILL BE USED FOR FARMING. TURBINES CAN BE EXPENSIVE TO BUILD (RELATIVE TO THE ENERGY THEY PRODUCE), BUT RUNNING COSTS ARE LOW.
