Nuclear Coal Fire Wind Geothermal Dam Power Plant Power Plant Turbines Power Plant Time to 3 to 5 3 to 5 years 2 to 3 years 1 to 2 years 2 to 3 years Build Cost to Build $100 million $100 million $50 million $25 million $50 million Electricity 30, 000 40, 000 20, 000 10, 000 10, 000 Produced homes can be homes can be homes can be can be homes can be (# of homes powered powered powered powered powered powered) None (Nuclear Smoke waste must Mining and Pollution None be stored for drilling Released Fish damage thousands of destroys the None None into can years) environment Environment Nuclear Accidental accident a fuel spills possibility Fueled by Renewable Renewable Non- Renewable Renewable (Heat and or Non- Renewable Renewable (Water) (Wind) steam from (Uranium) (Coal) the Earth) Resource Near hot Location Along river Can be Large open springs or Valley Needed for cooling anywhere flat area drilling deep into the Earth Comparing Power Plants Use the Power Plant Comparison Sheet to answer the following questions.
Dam Nuclear Power Plant Coal Fire Power Plant Wind Turbines Geothermal Power Plant Time to Build 3 to 5 3 to 5 years 2 to 3 years 1 to 2 years 2 to 3 years Cost to Build $100 million $100 million $50 million $25 million $50 million Electricity Produced (# of homes powered) 30, 000 homes can be powered 40, 000 homes can be powered 20, 000 homes can be powered 10, 000 can be powered 10, 000 homes can be powered Pollution Released into Environment None Fish damage can None (Nuclear waste must be stored for thousands of years) Nuclear accident a possibility Smoke Mining and drilling destroys the environment Accidental fuel spills None None Fueled by Renewable or Resource Renewable (Water) Non- Renewable (Uranium) Non- Renewable (Coal) Renewable (Wind) Renewable (Heat and steam from the Earth) Location Needed Valley Along river for cooling Can be anywhere Large open flat area Near hot springs or drilling deep into the Earth Comparing Power Plants Use the Power Plant Comparison Sheet to answer the following questions.