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Most common types of alternative energy;
› Solar energy
› Wind energy
› Geothermal energy
› Biofuel and ethanol
› Hydrogen
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The Goverment in Iceland tried to focus most on
hydrogen for electric use, they also tried to use
more methane, hydrogen and electric for cars and
geothermal energy for heating the houses. The
government also supports the university for
innovation.
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The Government in Germany tries to stay away from
the nuclear energy because they are scared about
an accident in the reactor. The Government has
spent lot of money for alternative energy. Germany
will close all its nuclear reactors latest in the end of
2022.
The Government in Belgium:
they will take care for a factory of the future. They
want to use more alternative energy and more green
energy.
The projects:
1) more Flemish export in fast growing markets.
2) alternative agriculture and fishing
3) a new industrial policy
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Over 80% of electricity in Iceland is generated in
hydroelectric power stations. While geothermal
energy is used for heating (and increasingly for
electricity generation), the hydroelectric power
stations, historically all run by Landsvirkjun, are central
to the existence of Iceland as an industrialized
country.
The largest power station by far is Kárahnjúkavirkjun
(690 MW), which generates electricity in the area
north of Vatnajökull for the production of aluminum.
About 85% of all houses in Iceland are heated with
geothermal energy.
Only a quarter of the energy consumed in
Germany are their own - these are mainly
coal and renewable energies. The rest
comes from abroad.
 Eight nuclear power stations have been
shut down immediately, followed by the
events in Fukushima, Japan.
Germany was in 2008 the fourth-largest
producer of primary energy in Europe and is
listed in 21st place among the energy
producers in the world.
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Germany Consumption by Energy type 2009
About 6,6% of the energy is generated from
renewable energies such as:
Biomass
Biogas
Hydro
Wind
7%
20%
12%
41%
20%
Solar
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In Belgium they mostly use wind power and solar power
when renewable energy is used
Wind power
Currently there are more than 200 onshore wind turbines
throughout Belgium, having a capacity of nearly 300 MW
Solar power
The number of solar power installations increased four
times, it went from 16 000 at the end of 2008 to 65 000 at
the end of 2009. At the end of 2009, the installed power
was about 220 MW As of December 2009, there were
35,500 solar power installation in the Flemish region.
Greenpeace is an organization that is active in 41
countries. They will protect animals and the nature against
the global warming.
They key:
they want to minimize the use of fossile fuels in favour of
renewable energy sources. They want close the coal and
nuclear power stations.
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Try to walk or ride your bicycle instead of taking the car
Reduce your house heat by 1°C , keep the windows
closed while heating
Choose products that come with lightweight packaging
Turn off lights when you are not using them, use energysaving light bulbs
Reuse plastic bags for shopping and storage
Use a microwave instead of a stove to reheat food
Use rechargeable batteries instead of disposable batteries
Unplug any appliances like mobile phone chargers, TVs,
microwaves, MP3 players, which are not being used.
Appliances on standby consume up to 10% of your
electricity bill.
Don‘t leave the water running. Take a short shower instead
of a long one.