Energy: Fife Education
Supporting the study of energy in primary and secondary schools.
Non-Renewable
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Department for Energy and Climate Change
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Non Renewable sources of energy are covered in this section.
The excellent diagram (pdf) from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI now called BERR) shows the ways these sources cover the British countryside.
Energy Facts - Renewable and non-renewable facts for primary and early secondary pupils.
What is Energy? - 7 activities (from the Children's University of Manchester).
At present in Britain most of the electricity comes from non-renewable sources but this is likely to fall by 2020 when more renewable is available. There is a lot of debate on the figures in the media and in the Scottish and British governments.
In April 2009 the British government announced it was building new nuclear power stations in England and Wales but the Scottish government prefers to expand the renewable sector.
Chart from the report: UK Energy in Brief, July 2008
from BERR. Crown Copyright
This graph will look different in other countries. Why?