Non-renewable Energy Resource
Contents
Key Stage 3
Meaning
A non-renewable energy resource is an Energy Resource which cannot be replaced once it is used up.
About Non-renewable Energy Resources
There are 4 main non-renewable energy resources that humans use:
- Coal Power - Enough for another 150 years before it runs out.
- Oil Power - Enough for 50 years until it runs out.
- Gas Power - Enough for 200 years.
- Nuclear Power - Enough Uranium for 230 years.
Key Stage 4
Meaning
A non-renewable energy resource is an Energy Resource which cannot be replaced within our lifetime once it has been used.
About Non-renewable Energy Resources
There are 4 main non-renewable energy resources that humans use:
- Coal Power - Enough for another 150 years before it runs out.
- Oil Power - Enough for 50 years until it runs out.
- Gas Power - Enough for 200 years.
- Nuclear Power - Enough Uranium for 230 years.
To generate electricity all of these non-renewable energy resources are used in thermal power stations in which the fuel used to boil water.
References
AQA
- Non-renewable energy resources, page 21, GCSE Physics, Hodder, AQA
- Non-renewable energy resources, page 276, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy 1, Hodder, AQA
- Non-renewable energy resources, pages 147, 159, 175, 178, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
- Non-renewable energy resources, pages 32-3, GCSE Physics; Student Book, Collins, AQA
- Non-renewable energy resources, pages 45, 54, 55, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Physics, CGP, AQA
- Non-renewable energy resources, pages 47, 56, 57, GCSE Physics; The Complete 9-1 Course for AQA, CGP, AQA
- Non-renewables, pages 18, 21, GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA