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… there’s wind power … which is clean fairly predictable and can be seen on hillsides all around Wales
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… solar panels or “ photovoltaic cells ”… can turn Sunlight directly into electricity
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…like this massive 11 MegaWatt solar power station… Near Serpa in Portugal comprising Fifty two thousand solar panels …around which sheep graze and frolic happily…
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…and we can use it to heat water too…. Like this system being used on a rooftop in Israel
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…like the PS10 “solar power tower” in Seville in Spain… …and uses the steam to turn turbines and generators to produce electricity which boils water to make steam
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… or energy from water … like the Severn estuary which could be used To generate lots of electricity
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…by holding the water behind a big “barrage” when the tide is high…
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…so the water that flows through…
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…and gets trapped behind the barrage…
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…and when the tide goes back down… …we let all the water out... making lots of electricity…!
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…we can use crops for fuels – we call these biofuels…. Lots of cars now use vegetable oil for fuel
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…we also have nuclear power… which doesn’t release harmful gases into the atmosphere
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Although it does produce harmful Radioactive waste Which can cause other problems…
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…we can get power from coal or oil fired power stations……….. Burning coal releases harmful gases into the atmosphere
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Fuels are burned to release heat energy which boils Water to produce steam which spins turbines which turn generators !
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…and from wood fired power stations Which releases LESS harmful gases than coal
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…some of this power can be produced by hydroelectricity
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…at Ffestiniog By power stations like this one…
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