Showing posts with label Info. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Info. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Something to ponder 2

This is Part 2 of our previous entry

Type of Power Plant
Fuel for 1,000 MWe for 1 year
Solar
100 KM2 area
Wind
3,000 WIND TURBINES of 1 MWe
Biomass
30,000 KM2 of plantation area
Bioalcohol
16,100 KM2 of corn
Biogas
800 MILLION chicken


- Info from Malaysian Nuclear Agency (Nuclear Malaysia) -

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Something to ponder...

Type of Power Plant
Fuel for 1,000 MWe for 1 year
Coal
2 MILLION TONNES of coal
Fuel Oil
1.96 BILLION GALLONS of oil
Natural Gas (Combined Cycle)
87.6 BILLION SCF of gas
Nuclear (fission)
30 TONNES of uranium
Thermonuclear (fusion)
0.6 TONNE of tritium/hydrogen


-Info by Malaysian Nuclear Agency (Nuclear Malaysia)-