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Wednesday 6 January 2021

Alternative energy sources

 Level: Upper-intermediate / B2



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Alternative energy sources
There is an excellent website called Daily Infographic which produces wonderful visual material about many different topics.
Have a look at it, then answer the following questions:

1) What is the goal for limiting global warming?
2) How much energy is produced by solar power?
3) What is the average size of a wind turbine?
4) How much of Iceland's heating is geothermal?
5) What are the problems with using hydrogen as an energy source?


Bonus question (this is just for you!) - how much of your countries energy comes from alternative sources? Please let me know the answer in the comments section.


ANSWERS BELOW!




1) 1.5 °C (''one point five degrees Celcius'')
2) 480 GW (''four hundred and eighty gigawatts'')
3) 150m (''one hundred and fifty metres''; in American English: ''one hundred fifty meters'')
4) 90% (''ninety per cent''; in American English, percent is often one word)
5) High costs (for infrastructure and fuel cell vehicles)

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