energy demand Flashcards
8 reasons for differing energy demand in countries
The largest producers of energy are China, the United States and Russia. These countries produce energy from predominantly non-renewable resources such as oil, natural gas and coal.
Brazil has the largest amount of Hydroelectric Power because it has large amounts of tropical precipitation and major rivers that can be harnessed.
China and Brazil have invested heavily in large scale hydroelectric schemes in order to generate energy to prevent having to import oil and gas.
The USA is able to produce large quantities of gas due to investment in techniques such as fracking which allows gas to be taken from deep underground.
This allows the USA to export large quantities of gas but also it is consumed within the country so that it is not reliant on oil from other countries.
Kazakhstan is able to produce large amounts of Nuclear power as it has large reservoirs of uranium, it has 12% of the world’s reservoirs.
France also generates more nuclear power than any other energy source.
Iceland produces more geo-thermal power than any other energy source.
