Alternatives to fossil fuels

• Nuclear power:

  • Hinkley Point C will = 7% of UK's electricity supply. 25,000 jobs but high housing demand in area
• Nuclear power:

  • 60% of UK energy mix from Nuclear & renewable energy
• Nuclear power:

  • Worries about nuclear disaster & highly water intensive
• Wind power:

  • Hornsea 2 - world's largest offshore wind farm - provides energy for 1.4m UK homes
• Wind power:

  • Electricity made domestically
• Wind power:

  • High startup costs and NIMBY
• Wind power:

  • Green volt offshore wind farm has Chinese influence - national security concerns
• Solar power:

  • Chapel one solar farm - cost £50m and supplies 75% of Bournemouth's energy demand. Covers 175 football pitches
• Solar power:

  • Takes up a lot of space - NIMBY
• HEP:

  • Three gorges dam case study & Norway. HEP = HEP
• Biomass:

  • Biodegradable & fewer emissions than fossil fuels
• Biomass:

  • Rural inward investment & multiplier effect. Infrastructure improvements
• Biomass:

  • Export income
• Biomass:

  • Clearing forests = loss of carbon sink. High water contamination too. Often coal powered plants required to burn biomass
• Biomass:

  • Less food production - shortages
• Biofuel in Brazil:

  • Made from Sugar cane. Bioethanol accounts for 90% of sales in some petrol stations
• Biofuel in Brazil:

  • Left over pulp used to make electricity
• Biofuel in Brazil:

  
  

  • Forest land in some regions fell from 22% > 3% due to deforestation
• Biofuel in Brazil:

  • Ethanol health conerns via its burning
• Biofuel in Brazil:

  • Recent fluctuating demand has caused fluctuating exporter. Sometimes #1 or #2 largest exporter