Energy

Conventional and Alternative

well established source of energy such as oil, natural gas, coal, hyrdro and nuclear electricity

non conventional energy source such as solar,wind and biomass energy

• Heating of homes,
• sometimes heating of other things

• anthracite coal
• bituminous coal
• lignite coal

• formed under great pressure
• clean burning
• use mainly for commercial and residential heating

• less pressure
• burns with smoky flame
• used mostly for heating and for fuel of manufacturing industries

• formed near surface of earth where pressure of overlying sediments is relatively low
• soft and inexpensive
• used almost entirely as fuel in thermal electric plants

coal is formed from the remains of trees and plants that grew in swampy areas 300 to 350 years ago. Plants did not decay because of the low oxgen levels in the swampy water. Layers of sediments went on it and after many years, coal was formed (with the help of natural chemical changes)

Saskatchewan, British Columbia and Alberta

• Flowing wells
• Non flowing wells

natural pressure forces oil and gas to surface. at surface, flow is then controlled by a series of valves call the christmas tree

not enough pressure to make the oil and gas flow to the surface, electric or gasoline powered pumps must be used.

By a generator, all shapes and sizes

• Hydroelectric generating station
• Thermal electric generating station
• nuclear electric generating station

• facility that generates electricity through the movement of water from a higher to a lower elevation
• can be built anywhere with reliable^

Mostly in Quebec, some in Ontario and British Columbia

• * Doesn't produce air pollution or carbon dioxide because no burning of fossil feuls
• *Cheap to operate because it doesnt run by feul
• *runs off a renewable resource; water
• * reservoir can be used for recreation(if there is one)

• *exoensive to build
• *Suitable sights are often too far away from where electricty is needed; costly transmission lines must be built
• *Dams can cause flooding; releases dangerous chemicals from underneath the rocks(mercury)
• *change of water flow may damage habitat of ecolgy and animals

• facility that generates electricity from the use of steam produced by heat from burning feul such as coal, oil and natural gas
• can be built almost anywhere

Mostly new brunswick and Nova scotia, some in lower ontario

• cost of transmission low because plants can be built near urbanized area
• plants can be built where feul is readily available
• Less expensive than other types to build

place where energy in the form of heat, is generated by splitting attoms of radioactive material(uranium) then is used to generate electricity

in our area

• *transmission costs are low; built where energy is needed
• *operation costs are low, especially in early years
• *Canada has an abundant supply of uranium
• *do not produce air pollution or carbon dioxide

• * building costs are high
• *Radioactive material is very harmful, if leaked could harm thousands
• *waste products remain harmful for 100 000 years; still no solution to disposing properly
• *as reactors age, the become more reliable-replace or rebuild= expensive

YES! we import is aswell