Impacts Of Energy Security Flashcards
What determines the energy security of a country?
Domestic resources of fossil fuels.
Domestic renewable potential.
Dependency and reliance on foreign sources for fossil fuels.
How diversified the energy mix of the country is.
Do domestic energy resources provide a lot or very little energy security to countries with small amounts of resources.
Little domestic resources can mean a country is less energy secure, but also means that domestic energy resources aren’t important in determining there energy security as their energy security is reliant on imports.
How do countries that rely on foreign sources of fossil fuels reduce energy security.
They have risks, supplies can be disrupted by conflict, piracy and weather.
E.g. gas dispute in 2006 & 2009 led to Bulgaria’s gas being cut off and France and Germanys supplies being reduced by 20-30%.
When & why are Germany phasing out nuclear power?
The Fukishama disaster in Japan in March 2011 sparked protests in Germany days later. Consequently, in June 2011, the decision was made to phase out all nuclear plants by 2022
How much of France’s electricity is from Nuclear?
75%
Why do China and India rely heavily on coal?
Because they have their own large reserves.
Give an example of two countries heavily reliant on coal?
India & China
How much of China’s electricity is produced from coal?
80%
What countries are heavily reliant on Russian Gas?
Bulgaria, Finland and Estonia are 100% reliant on Russian gas
What countries have small renewable potential?
Small crowded countries such as Singapore and Japan.
What countries don’t gain the full benefit from their domestic energy resources?
Nigeria and Sudan, as the technology and capital needed to access resources like oil and gas is lacking.
Why doesn’t Nigeria achieve it’s full domestic energy potential.
As capital and the technology, isn’t readily available.
How much of China’s new energy will come from renewables?
In China, from 2016 - 2040, 80% of new energy will be produced from renewable sources.
What is the criteria for high energy secure countries?
Generally, high energy secure countries have the technology and capital to extract and process resources.
Extraction is economically viable.
Less reliant on imports, and imports are reliable.
High renewable potential is a factor
What countries lack the technology and capital to extract fossil fuel resources?
Sudan and Nigeria
