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Renewable and Non Renewable energy Sources

 

 

Case study: North Hoyle Wind farm

The North Hoyle windfarm is the UK's biggest renewable energy power station. It features an array of 30 windmills which are all located offshore. It can generate upto 60 megawatts of power directly to the national gird.

 

 

Advantages: 

  • The UK government plans to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 60% by 2050, turing to wind energy can help meet this target.

  •  Offshore winds are stronger and more consistent so more power  can be generated through

Disadvantages:

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wind doenst blow all the time

could affect wildlife

 

Case study: Oil in Ecuador

In the 1930's,  Shell and Chevron-Texaco started drilling in for oil in oriente in 13 million hectares of tropical rainsforest in Ecuador. In the 1970s the local people filed a case against the oil companies for the damage they had caused.In 1996 Texaco agreed to pay a sum of $40 million to cover the environmental damage. 

Advantages:

 

  • Ecuador's economy grew by 4% after the introduction of oil drilling.

  • New roads opened up to remote areas.

  • The exportation of oil was a way to solve the debt.

  • Incom per capita increased 

 

 

Disadvantages:

  • Large scale deforestation

  • Indeginous tribes forcibly didplaced

  • pipelines leak thousands of litres of oil 

  • aquatic life harmed

  • contaminated water leads to rashes and cancer

  • Waste buring increases black rain

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