Essays Tagged: "Power station"

Environmental Impacts

Environmental Impacts on Hydro powerHydroelectric power plants have many environmental impacts, some of which are just beginning to ... f alternative sources of electricity. Until recently there was an almost universal belief that hydropower was a clean and environmentally safe method of producing electricity. Hydroelectric power plan ... dard atmospheric pollutants such as carbon dioxide or sulfur dioxide given off by fossil fuel fired power plants. In this respect, hydro power is better than burning coal, oil or natural gas to produc ...

(3 pages) 55 0 3.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Environmental Impacts on Hydro power

Environmental Impacts on Hydro powerHydroelectric power plants have many environmental impacts, some of which are just beginning to ... f alternative sources of electricity. Until recently there was an almost universal belief that hydropower was a clean and environmentally safe method of producing electricity. Hydroelectric power plan ... dard atmospheric pollutants such as carbon dioxide or sulfur dioxide given off by fossil fuel fired power plants. In this respect, hydro power is better than burning coal, oil or natural gas to produc ...

(4 pages) 33 0 3.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

How Humans Affect the Environment

urce conservation - using resources carefully to slow our consumption of them, e.g. making cars and power stations more efficient so you use less fuel.2.Resource substitution - changing resources for ... e sustainable ones, e.g. using recyclable aluminium instead of steel for making cans, or using wind power instead of coal.3.Pollution control - limiting pollution to reduce problems like global warmin ...

(3 pages) 198 2 4.8 May/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Hydropower

Hydroelectricity is a type of hydropower that releases energy and in result of the water pouring due to gravity it creates electricity. ... ewable energy resource since the water flowing from the rivers (which ends up falling over the hydropower) is made from precipitation.Water has been used as a supply of power ever since the age of the ... e Roman Empire. Hydroelectricity was originally used in the 16th century. Similar to solar and wind power, hydroelectric is both natural plus reusable. Like wind power hydroelectric stations use fast ...

(1 pages) 9 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

my city bhopal

nsequence: 1. Ways have to be found of using energy resources more efficiently. 2. Other sources of power must be development. At present two third of the world uses energy one-length part used by the ... inued to in case the carbon slowly metamorphosed into coal over millions of years. The COBA thermal power station has becomes the largest power station of India the plant is located in M.P. Gujarat Ma ...

(107 pages) 7 0 0.0 Nov/2014

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays