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Energy In Our Life(Spanish Team)
Gobiernode Canarias
Tony Gallardo High School
I.E.S. Nueva Isleta“Tony Gallardo”
•Tony Gallardo High School is located on the top of La Isleta neighborhood.•Here, students learn in compulsory and post-compulsory education and vocational ed.•We’re in total 360 pupils and 40 teachers.
I.E.S. Nueva Isleta“Tony Gallardo”
Alfredo KrausConcert Hall
The Confital
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Las Canteras Beach
Energy in Your Life
• Energy is very important, if it were to disappear right now most of us wouldn’t know what to do.
I.E.S. Nueva Isleta“Tony Gallardo”
Oil Based Energies• 99.6% of the power in the islands are oil-based
energies.• Only 0.4% of the energy comes from renewable
resources.
I.E.S. Nueva Isleta“Tony Gallardo”
How We Use the Energy
• Half of the energy goes into the transportation
Renewable Resources in Gran Canaria
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• In the Canary Islands there are a plethora of resources, but the ones that could harvest a lot energy are the solar and wind energies.
Solar Energy
• The solar energy could provide us with way more power than what we’re harnessing.
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Wind Energy
• The wind energy is the main renewable energy resource in most of the Canary area.
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Wind Energy
• But you can’t find wind turbines everywhere in the islands, they’re mostly located in the east and west of the island.
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FUEL POWER STATION
In Gran Canaria there are two fuel power plants.
The first one is placed in Jinamar.
The second one is in the south of the Island.(Juan Grande)
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Juan Grande Jinámar
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Energy in the Canary Islands
YearWind
Total1 (From oil) % Wind energy
Statistics1 Authority2
2009 ND ND 8,796,662
2008 ND 390,341 9,170,498 4,26%
2007 ND 375,055 9,121,433 4,11%
2006 319,858 345,276 8,766,439 3,94%
2005 329,513 329,512 8,444,663 3,90%
2004 344,049 344,049 8,040,075 4,28%
2003 358,202 353,583 7,471,853 4,73%
2002 358,085 358,083 6,830,422 5,24%
2001 338,442 338,442 6,516,152 5,19%
2000 238,272 243,007 6,109,382 3,98%
Source: 1. Canarian Institute of Statistics (2006)2. Canarian Government Industry General Authority (2008)
In MWh
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THE FUTURE…
Gran Canaria Local Authority and the Canaries Government are planning to build the biggest hydroelectric power plant of the islands (next four years)Capital investment: 200M€Power: 320 MWIt would provide up to 50% of the total energy used in the island.
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Chira reservoir
Bibliography
• ‘A guide for saving energy at the Canary Islands’. ITC (Canarian Institute of Technology) http://issuu.com/itccanarias/docs/guia-de-ahorro-y-eficiencia-energetica-en-canarias
• ISTAC (Canarian Institute of Statistics) http://www2.gobiernodecanarias.org/istac/estadisticas.html
• La Provincia (press) 30/08/2010 http://www.laprovincia.es/economia/2010/08/30/nueva-planta-hidroelectrica-chira-soria-supondra-inversion-200-millones/319969.html
• Canarian Government Industry General Authority
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Energy In Our LifeRosalía González, Adriana Guerrero, Luat Khac
Gobiernode Canarias
