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Energy Around the World. By Cara Heath, Candice Walton, Anna Valdez. The World’s Countries . Which country is planning for the largest Solar Energy farm?. India. “5% or less of the power needed for the country is supplied by the wind, but this percentage increases steadily each year.”.
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Energy Around the World By Cara Heath, Candice Walton, Anna Valdez
Which country is planning for the largest Solar Energy farm? India “5% or less of the power needed for the country is supplied by the wind, but this percentage increases steadily each year.” • They have plans for the World’s Largest Solar Power Project for 3,000 MW by 2014 • 35.5% of the population doesn’t have access to electricity
Which country is giving money to schools for solar panels? 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
What is the name to China’s big energy dam? 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
Which dam avoids Carbon Dioxide emission? 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”
What is Canada known for? Canada Canada's dominant energy producer is hydroelectric power OPA approved 40 new large scale renewable energy projects