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Natural gas Video Natural gas is relatively Extracting natural gas
inexpensive to extract, and is a can cause
Natural gas is another “cleaner” fossil fuel than oil or environmental
fossil fuel that is coal problems
trapped underground
in reservoirs. When natural gas is burned, it Fracturing rocks can
only releases carbon dioxide cause mini-
It is mostly made up of and water vapor earthquakes
methane.
The high-pressure
Natural gas is found in water and chemicals
deposits a few that are forced
hundred meters underground can also
underground. leak to other sources
of water
Nuclear Video Nuclear power plants do not Nuclear energy is
pollute the air or emit difficult to harvest.
Although nuclear greenhouse gases Nuclear power plants
energy itself is a are very complicated
renewable energy They can be built in rural or to build and run
source, the material urban areas, and do not
used in nuclear power destroy the environment Nuclear energy also
plants is not. around them produces radioactive
material
Nuclear energy
harvests the powerful
energy in the nucleus,
or core, of an atom.

Table 2: RES types, advantages and disadvantages, Source: Renewable Energy, How can we keep the lights on?

Renewable Energy Video Advantages Disadvantages
Sources (RES)
Currently costly to
manufacture panels.
Infinite energy supply.
Solar cells
Not sufficient power at
Does not produce higher latitudes.
Solar photovoltaic Video
systems convert carbon dioxide.
sunlight into electricity Currently not very
No fuel costs. efficient. Need storage
methods to store
overnight.
Wind farms (Onshore Can cause local
and Offshore) Infinite energy supply. opposition due to visual
impact on the
Wind turbines use Video Does not produce landscape.
blades to collect the carbon dioxide.
wind’s kinetic energy. Not always sufficient
The blades are No fuel costs wind. Amount of
connected to a drive electricity produced

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the
views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the

information contained therein.
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