Norway's

Energy
By: Darian Shamsaee 5DB

Hydropower

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History of it
During the 1700s and 1800s they started to
try and make a hydroelectric power
plant/dam.

The first hydroelectric power plant was made

in 1882 in Wisconsin of the United States, of
America, and they slowly started making
more hydroelectric power plants/dams.

This is the Hoover Dam one of

the most famous dams in the
world it is located in Canada

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How it works?
First they take water
from the dam, which
goes into the penstock
using the force of the
water the turbine spins
on a magnet connected
to a big copper wire,
which carrys that power
on to electrons which
transfers the energy to
electricity which goes on
a wire connected to a
conductor which brings
the energy and
electricity to our homes.

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Pros & Cons

Pros

Cons

It is clean for the environment

and is renewable.

It can hurt the animals in the

water

Creates lots of energy.

Its very expensive

It is safe for humans who work at Hurts the habitats of fish

the power plant.
Efficient reliable and makes lots
of energy.
The energy can be used
immediately

Building Dams can cause floods

Cause & Affect

Cause

Effect

The water makes the turbine spin

Which transfers it goes through a

bunch of other stuff and makes
energy

The animals hit the turbine while

the water goes through the
penstock

It hurts the animals that go

through the penstock

You build dams

It lots of costs money

Its clean

It doesnt pollute therefore

It is safe

No one will get hurt

The impact it makes on

Norway
It keeps Norway clean
It saves money because they dont have to keep making
things to create energy they can keep using it over and over
again.

It is ok for Norway to spend lots of money on hydroelectric

power plants because; it suits the environment and makes
energy, also because it can be used over and over again
and even because Norway sells approximately up to 400
billion dollars worth of oil per annum.

It lets people enjoy more time outside and breathe more

fresh air it also makes the government want to make lots of
sidewalks to bike, walk, run, skate, etc.

How much
hydropower does
Norway consume
Norway uses 97% to 99% of hydroelectricity.

the future and

whether it is good or
not
It will be very useful in the future because, oil
will go away but water wont go away for a
long time and oil is used most.

Hydroelectricity is a good source I think

because, it doesnt pollute the environment
and it is renewable so it can be used multiple
times.

Biggest dams in the

world
Place

Dams

Country

1st

The Gorges Dam

China

2nd

Itaipu Dam

Brazil-Paraguay

3rd

Xiloudu

China

4rd

Guri

Venezuela

5th

Tucurui

Brazil

6th

Grand Coulee

United States

7th

Xiangjiaba

China

8th

Longtan Dam

China

9th

SayanoShushenskaya

Russia

Krasnoyarsk

Russia

10th

Resources
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3Dd5eBh7N4
Science Matters Water Power

Written by Christine Webster (Book)

http://renewablepowernews.com/archives/1409/index.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lps7lC-Fssc
http://www.answers.com/Q/
http://www.answers.com/Q/When_was_hydroelectricity_discovered
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_hydroelectric_power_stations

Oil

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History of it
Oil was formed millions of years ago it started
as a material called peat, eventually rocks fell
on the peat putting pressure on it and turning
it in to oil as sand and rocks fell on it making
more and more layers to the earth that is also
why we have to mine it.

How it works
It is piped from under ground and goes up into a
boiler where it is burned which makes steam,
which is used as heat energy because, it goes
through pipelines to our homes and heats our
homes.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Cons

It creates energy

Pollutes

It is easy to use

It is not renewable

No relatively new technology is Creates 20 pound of carbon

required
dioxide per gallon
It creates jobs

Dangerous

Makes vehicles move

Expensive

Easy to transport

Oil spills destroy the

environment

Cause & Effect

Cause

Effect

The oil spills from the drill

going into the earth

Can create huge amounts of

explosion and will hurt the
environment and the animals in
it

Fire gets on the oil

It sets the oil on fire and can

create multiple explosions

Oil is expensive

It cost a lot of money because

oil will run out soon

Oil is very common

It is easy to find oil if you look

in the right places

Oil takes millions of years to

form

Oil will run out eventually but

will reform again hopefully

The impact it makes

on Norway
Its usage is very small in Norway at about 1%
but in the parts where there are factories there
is a bit of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse
gases that can harm the environment.

It is okay for Norway to use a bit of oil because,

they have lots of it and also because, they can
afford the money to make oilrigs and hire
drillers/oilers.

How much oil does

Norway consume
Norway uses approximately 0.50% to 1% of oil
energy.

The future of it and

whether it is a good
source or not
It is an ok source because, it works but is nonrenewable and pollutes the environment and
also destroy it when there is an oil spill.

It will not be good in the future because, it will

not be here for much longer in the future.

Biggest oil spills ever

Place

Gallons of oil
spilled

Country

1st

240 to 336 million

gallons

Kuwait

2nd

140 million gallons

Mexico

3rd

88.3 million gallons

Trinidad and Tobago

west indies

4th

87.7 million gallons

Uzbekistan

5th

80 million gallons

Off the coast of

Angola

6th

80 million gallons

Persia/Iran

7th

78.5 million gallons

South Africa

8th

68.7 million gallons

Off Brittany France

9th

43 million gallons

Canada

10th

42 million gallons

Genoa Italy

Resources
www.edfenergy.com/energyfuture/oil-generation
http://palaeolimnologypetroleumrrr.weebly.com/pros-and- cons.html
http://www.eia.gov/countries/country-data.cfm?fips= NO
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3421. htm
http://www.eia.gov/countries/cab.cfm?fips= NO
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/coal-oil-gas/biggest
-oil-spills-in-history#slide7

Thank you for watching and

I hope you learnt something
new!

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