ENERGY AROUND THE WORLDBy Cara Heath, Candice Walton, Anna Valdez

The World’s Countries

India

“5% or less of the power needed for the country is supplied by the wind, but this percentage increases steadily each year.”

They have plans for the World’s Largest Solar Power Project for 3,000 MW by 2014

35.5% of the population doesn’t have access to electricity

Which country is planning for the largest Solar Energy farm?

Australia

One of Australia’s biggest problems is that their forest are being cut down!

Australia has geothermal, hydro, wind , and solar energy across the country

Government gave money to schools to place solar panels on their roofs

Which country is giving money to schools for solar

panels?

China

The Three Gorges Dam is five times larger and generates 20 times more power than the Hoover Dam in Nevada.

China is leading in solar inventions.

China burnt more than 3 billion mt of coal in 2010

China is big on low-carbon energy technology

What is the name to China’s big energy

dam?

Brazil

In the Itaipu Dam, it avoids 67.5 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions.

Brazil has set a standard for using renewable energy

Brazil will triple their use of renewable resource energy from 2011 to 2020

2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics “goes green”

Which dam avoids Carbon Dioxide emission?

Canada

Canada's dominant energy producer is hydroelectric power

OPA approved 40 new large scale renewable energy projects

What is Canada known for?