ENERGY AROUND THE WORLD By Cara Heath, Candice Walton, Anna Valdez

The World’s Countries

India “5% or less of the power needed for the country is supplied by the wind, but this percentage increases steadily each year.” Which country is planning for the largest Solar Energy farm?

Australia One of Australia’s biggest problems is that their forest are being cut down!  Australia has geothermal, hydro, wind, and solar energy across the country  Government gave money to schools to place solar panels on their roofs Which country is giving money to schools for solar panels?

China  The Three Gorges Dam is five times larger and generates 20 times more power than the Hoover Dam in Nevada.  China is leading in solar inventions.  China burnt more than 3 billion mt of coal in 2010  China is big on low- carbon energy technology What is the name to China’s big energy dam?

Brazil  In the Itaipu Dam, it avoids 67.5 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions.  Brazil has set a standard for using renewable energy  Brazil will triple their use of renewable resource energy from 2011 to 2020  2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics “goes green” Which dam avoids Carbon Dioxide emission?

Canada  Canada's dominant energy producer is hydroelectric power  OPA approved 40 new large scale renewable energy projects What i s C anada known f or?