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Renewable Energy - Hydro

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Wind Power & Hydrogen Fuel Cells

When the wind blows, it rotates a wind turbine, which can turn a generator.

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Advantages and disdavantages of wind power

  • Source of renewable energy.
  • Unreliable, only produces power when the wind blows. Wind turbines have to be shut down if the wind is too strong.
  • Deforestation happens when wind farms are created.
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Advantages and disadvantages of hydrogen fuel

  • Hydrogen fuel has not proved as popular or revolutionary as many scientists had hoped.
  • Hydrogen is very flammable, so was dangerous to use in vehicles.
  • Hydrogen power and hydrogen fuel was so popular because the only waste product from burning hydrogen is water.

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