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    H.E.P, Biomas and Nuclear

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    Hydroelectric power harnesses the power of moving water to generate electricity. Water flows through turbines, rotating them and generating electricity through kinetic energy. The Kariba Dam between Zambia and Zimbabwe stands 128 meters tall and supplies over 1,600 megawatts of electricity by harnessing the Zambezi River. Biomass energy comes from organic matter such as plants and waste and is considered renewable. Crop residue and animal waste in India can be used as biomass to generate power and support rural agriculture. Nuclear energy comes from splitting uranium atoms through fission to heat water and generate electricity, but produces radioactive waste and risks accidents such as at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.

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    Hydroelectric power harnesses the power of moving water to generate electricity. Water flows through turbines, rotating them and generating electricity through kinetic energy. The Kariba Dam between Zambia and Zimbabwe stands 128 meters tall and supplies over 1,600 megawatts of electricity by harnessing the Zambezi River. Biomass energy comes from organic matter such as plants and waste and is considered renewable. Crop residue and animal waste in India can be used as biomass to generate power and support rural agriculture. Nuclear energy comes from splitting uranium atoms through fission to heat water and generate electricity, but produces radioactive waste and risks accidents such as at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.

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    Hydroelectric power harnesses the power of moving water to generate electricity. Water flows through turbines, rotating them and generating electricity through kinetic energy. The Kariba Dam between Zambia and Zimbabwe stands 128 meters tall and supplies over 1,600 megawatts of electricity by harnessing the Zambezi River. Biomass energy comes from organic matter such as plants and waste and is considered renewable. Crop residue and animal waste in India can be used as biomass to generate power and support rural agriculture. Nuclear energy comes from splitting uranium atoms through fission to heat water and generate electricity, but produces radioactive waste and risks accidents such as at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.

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    H.E.P, Biomas and Nuclear

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    Hydroelectric power harnesses the power of moving water to generate electricity. Water flows through turbines, rotating them and generating electricity through kinetic energy. The Kariba Dam between Zambia and Zimbabwe stands 128 meters tall and supplies over 1,600 megawatts of electricity by harnessing the Zambezi River. Biomass energy comes from organic matter such as plants and waste and is considered renewable. Crop residue and animal waste in India can be used as biomass to generate power and support rural agriculture. Nuclear energy comes from splitting uranium atoms through fission to heat water and generate electricity, but produces radioactive waste and risks accidents such as at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.

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    Hydroelectric Power

    Hydroelectric power or hydroelectricity, is a form of energy that


    harnesses the power of water in motion—such as water owing
    over a waterfall—to generate electricity. Water uses the force of
    gravity to ow through the “paddles” of a turbine rotating them
    and generating electricity.

    Pros Cons

    Renewable Environmental consequences

    Low emissions Expensive to build Reliable


    Safe Limited reserves

    Drought risk

    The Kariba Dam is a double curvature concrete arch dam in


    the Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi river basin between Zambia
    and Zimbabwe. The dam stands 128 meters tall and 579
    meters long. The dam forms Lake Kariba, which extends for
    280 kilometers and holds 185 cubic kilometers of water The
    Kariba Dam supplies 1,626 megawatts (2,181,000 hp) of
    electricity to parts of both Zambia and Zimbabwe and
    generates 6,400 gigawatt-hours (23,000 TJ) per annum

    Biomas

    Biomass is organic, meaning it is made of material that


    comes from living organisms, such as plants and animals.
    The most common biomass materials used for energy are
    plants, wood, and waste. These are called biomass
    feedstocks. Biomass energy can also be a non-renewable
    energy source. Biomass contains energy rst derived from
    the sun: Plants absorb the sun’s energy through Biomas Case Study

    photosynthesis, and convert carbon dioxide and water India has a tremendous supply of
    into nutrients (carbohydrates). The energy from these renewable energy resources. Crop residue
    organisms can be transformed into usable energy through and animal waste in the rural areas are
    direct and indirect means. Biomass can be burned to major available sources which can be
    create heat (direct), converted into electricity (direct), or used to generate the power to meet the
    processed into biofuel (indirect).
    demand. Using these resources improves
    the standards of getting electricity in rural
    Advantages;
    Disadvantages;
    areas and will strengthen the agriculture
    • Reliable
    • Expensive
    sector and will reduce the burden of
    • Abundant
    • Requires space
    existing grids. In India the use of biomass
    • Waste reduction
    • Ine cient
    is very applicable as they have plenty of
    • Carbon- neutral • Environmental impact
    agriculture resources for the production of
    biomass energy. The main forms of the
    residue is sawdust, cotton stick, straw,
    wood, cow dung just to name a few.
    Nuclear Energy

    Nuclear energy originates from the splitting of uranium


    atoms – a process called ssion. This generates heat to
    produce steam, which is used by a turbine generator to
    generate electricity. Because nuclear power plants do
    not burn fuel, they do not produce greenhouse gas
    emissions.

    The advantages of nuclear power are:

    • One of the most low-carbon energy sources.

    • It also has one of the smallest carbon footprints.

    • It's one of the answers to the energy gap.

    • It's essential to our response to climate change and


    greenhouse gas emissions.

    • Reliable and cost-e ective.

    Cons of Nuclear Energy

    • Expensive Initial Cost to Build. Construction of a new


    nuclear plant can take anywhere from 5-10 years to
    build, costing billions of dollars. ...

    • Risk of Accident. ...

    • Radioactive Waste. ...

    • Limited Fuel Supply. ...

    The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, is a nuclear power plant undergoing decommissioning. ChNPP is
    located near the abandoned city of Pripyat in northern Ukraine, 16.5 kilometers northwest of the city
    of Chernobyl, 16 kilometres from the Belarus-Ukraine border, and about 100 kilometres north of Kyiv.
    The plant was cooled by an engineered pond, fed by the Pripyat River about 5 kilometers (3 mi)
    northwest from its juncture. The initial emergency response, together with later decontamination of the
    environment

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