Renewable Energy: Harnessing Sun, Wind, Water, and Tides, Study notes of English

Download Renewable Energy: Harnessing Sun, Wind, Water, and Tides and more Study notes English in PDF only on Docsity! Reading page 36 book….GLOBAL EYES TODAY UNIT 10 DEFEND THE PLANET TITLE: RENEWABLE ENERGY AUTORI LAURA FERRUTA MARY ROONEY EDIZIONE MONDADORI FOR ENGLISH Reading page 36 unit 10 DEFEND THE PLANET. Some resources are continually replenished. They are sunlight, water, wind, waves and tides. Sun power makes energy by using photovoltaic cells. In Australia cars run using solar power and PV electricity is prefered. The hydroelectric power makes electricity from the energy produced by falling water. In this case water flows down through electricity generators. In China there is the largest hydroelectric power station in the world. Wind power is due to a turbine, which propels like airplanes and it makes electricity. Wind power is one of the most powerful source. Near the River Thames there is the London Array, which has got 175 turbines, so that it is the largest source in Europe. Wave and tidal energy are not less important and the energy is produced by large storms hundred of kilometres off-shores. Tidal power can be also called tidal energy. The tides becoming energy produce electricity. It is easier to predict when the tides produce energy. It is less predictable by wind energy or solar power, because of the high costs. In the South Korea it is produced a large amount of tidal energy.