3.1 - Energy and demands

Where most energy we use comes from

Burning fossil fuels at gas/coal fired power stations

How fossil fuels are made

Fossil fuels extracted from underground/under the sea and transferred to oil refineries/power stations

Inside a power station

Burning fuel heats water in a boiler. This makes steam which spins a turbine and generates electricity.

Biofuel

Fuel taken from a living or recently living organism e.g animal waste

Nuclear fuel

takes energy from atoms

Fuel in a nuclear power station

uranium/plotonium