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Which country has one of the biggest solar farms in the world?

Morocco

This South American country generates so much renewable energy, that they sometimes export it to their neighbors.

Uruguay

This continent has 60% of the best solar resources in the world.

Africa

Which element is used in batteries?

Lithium

Name an advantage of renewable energy

clean, cheap, healthy, available...

A new technology is harnessing tidal power using what object?

A buoy

Name a fossil fuel

Coal, oil, gas, nuclear

How can we improve solar panels? (Hint: think about the video!)

By making them smaller and/or more flexible

Name a drawback of hydroelectric power

Habitat disruption, expensive startup costs, vulnerable to droughts...

In a battery, what form is energy stored in?

Chemical

In the United States, the best location for wind power is

The middle

True or false: power grids all over the world are old and failing

True

How did a Scottish company improve a wind turbine design?

By adding more small propellers.

This type of energy is produced from organic materials such as plant and animal waste.

Biomass