Electricity today is an integral part of society. While most people in developed countries are concerned about how to save money on their electricity bills, many developing countries are working on how to produce enough energy for their citizens. We have collected interesting facts about electrical energy for our readers.
1.20% for the comfort of housewives
The amount of energy used by ordinary households in the United States for air conditioning accounts for approximately 20% of the country's electricity consumption.
2. Brought a benefit - carried off his feet
There are prisons in Brazil where prisoners are allowed to pedal exercise bikes, generating energy for the surrounding villages. For this they are offered a reduction in their prison term.
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3. Money for garbage, garbage for disposal, heat energy into electricity
Recycling is so well developed in Sweden that the country often imports garbage from Norway for its energy-generating waste processing plants.
4. Hydroelectric power station "Itaipu"
Almost a quarter of Brazil's electricity comes from a single power plant.
5. Everything is clean in Switzerland
More than half of all energy in Switzerland comes from hydroelectric power plants and the rest from nuclear power plants. As a result, the country's energy sector produces almost no CO2 emissions.
6. Pumped storage power plants
Pumped storage power plants allow you to conserve green energy for long periods of time. Initially, water is supplied to the top of the structure, and when it flows down, it turns the blades of the turbines, generating electricity, part of which is used to pump water upward again.
7. Engineers "Titanic"
None of the Titanic's engineers escaped. They all went to the bottom with the ship, because until recently they were busy maintaining the electricity generation on the ship.
8. Tea break in the UK
The Dinorwig power plant in the UK serves one single purpose - to provide extra power during movie commercial breaks as everyone in the country turns on their kettles to make tea.
9. Only wind and water energy is cleaner than nuclear energy
The production of nuclear power produces less CO2 than the production of solar and geothermal power. Only wind and water energy are cleaner.
10. Geothermal stations in Iceland
Iceland produces all of its energy from renewable sources. Hydroelectric power plants provide about two-thirds of energy needs, with the remainder generated by geothermal plants.
11. Soviet nuclear warheads
About half of the nuclear energy in the United States comes from old Soviet nuclear warheads.
12. Energy of water in Norway
99% of Norway's energy comes from hydroelectric power plants. This is more than any other country on earth.
13. Wind, wind you are mighty …
On October 28, 2013, the wind generated 122% of Denmark's energy needs.
14. Curiosity rover
The Curiosity rover was powered by a nuclear generator, barely enough power to (for example) spin a ceiling fan.
15. Reactors on liquid thorium fluoride
Liquid thorium fluoride reactors could meet the world's entire annual energy demand using only about 7,000 tons of thorium.