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Match these different power plants to their descriptions.
Sort the fuels and energy sources below in the correct category.
| wind oil sun uranium gas plutonium biomass lignite (hard)coal waves |
| Fossil fuel(s) | Renewables | Nuclear fuel(s) |
| 1 hydro power plant 2 solar power plant 3nuclear power plant 4 wind power plant 5 gas-fired power plant 6 run-of-river power plant 7 coal-fired power plant 8 lignite-fired power plant 9 pump-storage power plant | a a traditional type of power plant which burns a solid, black fossil fuel b a power plant which pumps water back uphill into a reservoir during periods of low demand ca plant which uses the flow of water from a reservoir to generate electricity d a power station utilizing the natural flow of water in a river for generating power etype of power plant that uses uranium as its primary fuel fa power plant which uses the natural flow of air to generate electricity g a fossil fuel power plant which burns a solid, dark brown fuel h a power plant that generates electricity utilizing energy from the sun ia power station which burns gas as its primary fuel |
| Reading 1 |
1. Name the processes in the delivery of electricity to consumers.
2. Since when has electricity been generated at central stations?
3. What sources are power plants run on?
4. What can smaller generators use?
5. What is the advantage of wind and solar generation?
6. Why are scientists devoting their attention to unconventional energy sources?
7. What are the most promising “new” energy sources?
8. Why have these methods of power generation come in for serious attention only recently?
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