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Why are hydroelectric power plants almost twice as efficient as fossil fuels and nuclear power plants?
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How efficient is hydroelectric power compared to fossil fuel?
Hydroelectric power is about 90% efficient while fossil fuels are about 60% efficient.
How efficient is uranium?
Uranium is very efficient as nuclear fuel or nuclear weapon. Uranium is an alternative to fossil fuels.
What does a transformer do in a nuclear reactor?
The same thing as in a fossil fueled or hydroelectric power plant.
What is the difference between solar geothermal nuclear fossil fuel hydroelectric energy?
they arn't the same type of energy
What are 5 renewable energy sources other than solar energy?
The five sources of energy are solar, nuclear, wind, hydroelectric and fossil fuels. Nowadays there are five energy sources: fossil fuels, nuclear, wind, hydroelectric amd solar. The alternative sources are solar, wind and hydroelectric.
How efficient is nuclear?
Nuclear power plants such as PWR and BWR have a thermal efficiency around 33 percent. The best fossil fired plants are around 40 percent efficient.
How expensive is it to decommission a wind farm?
Considerably safer and cheaper then decommissioning a fossil fuel, nuclear or hydroelectric powerplant relatively expensive
Almost all electrical energy is produced as a result of hydroelectric power?
NO. Almost all electrical energy is produced as a result of burning fossil fuels.
What type of energy is more efficient than fossil fuel energy?
renewable energy, for example solar energy, hydroelectric energy and Wind Energy.
What are the positives about hydro electricity?
There is one "positive" about hydroelectric power generation that supersedes most others -- "no smoke."Additional answerPlus it does not use fossil or nuclear fuels
What type of energy does Las Vegas use?
The primary power source is electricity. This power is from, among other methods, hydroelectric power. Nuclear and fossil is also used.
What energy is created without fossil fuels?
Energy cannot be created nor destroyed, only changed in form. Sources of energy which do not involve fossil fuels include solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, tidal, wave, wind and nuclear.
