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    Nuclear energy is generated through the fission of uranium atoms, which produces heat to create steam and turn turbines to generate electricity. It does not produce greenhouse gas emissions like fossil fuels but has disadvantages including radioactive waste that remains hazardous for thousands of years and high financial costs of building and decommissioning plants. Wind energy uses wind turbines to generate electricity from wind power and has advantages of being clean, renewable and sustainable while creating jobs, but relies on wind conditions and can cause noise and visual pollution. Zimbabwe has potential for wind power but currently does not have any wind turbines, though the government has studied suitable areas for wind farms.

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    Nuclear energy is generated through the fission of uranium atoms, which produces heat to create steam and turn turbines to generate electricity. It does not produce greenhouse gas emissions like fossil fuels but has disadvantages including radioactive waste that remains hazardous for thousands of years and high financial costs of building and decommissioning plants. Wind energy uses wind turbines to generate electricity from wind power and has advantages of being clean, renewable and sustainable while creating jobs, but relies on wind conditions and can cause noise and visual pollution. Zimbabwe has potential for wind power but currently does not have any wind turbines, though the government has studied suitable areas for wind farms.

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    Nuclear energy is generated through the fission of uranium atoms, which produces heat to create steam and turn turbines to generate electricity. It does not produce greenhouse gas emissions like fossil fuels but has disadvantages including radioactive waste that remains hazardous for thousands of years and high financial costs of building and decommissioning plants. Wind energy uses wind turbines to generate electricity from wind power and has advantages of being clean, renewable and sustainable while creating jobs, but relies on wind conditions and can cause noise and visual pollution. Zimbabwe has potential for wind power but currently does not have any wind turbines, though the government has studied suitable areas for wind farms.

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    Nuclear energy is generated through the fission of uranium atoms, which produces heat to create steam and turn turbines to generate electricity. It does not produce greenhouse gas emissions like fossil fuels but has disadvantages including radioactive waste that remains hazardous for thousands of years and high financial costs of building and decommissioning plants. Wind energy uses wind turbines to generate electricity from wind power and has advantages of being clean, renewable and sustainable while creating jobs, but relies on wind conditions and can cause noise and visual pollution. Zimbabwe has potential for wind power but currently does not have any wind turbines, though the government has studied suitable areas for wind farms.

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    NUCLEAR ENERGY

    Nuclear energy originates from the splitting of uranium atoms – a process called fission.
    This generates heat to produce steam, which is used by a turbine generator to generate
    electricity.
    Because nuclear power plants do not burn fuel, they do not produce greenhouse gas
    emissions.

    Advantages and disadvantages of nuclear power


    stations
    Generating electricity using nuclear reactors carries high risk but offers large rewards. In
    operation, a very small amount of nuclear fuel will consistently generate a very large
    amount of electricity and generate very little polluting material.

    However, the financial costs of building and decommissioning a nuclear power station
    are very large, and the waste produced will remain radioactive - hazardous to humans
    and the environment - for thousands of years.

    Advantages Disadvantages

    Waste is radioactive and safe disposal is


    Produces no polluting gases.
    very difficult and expensive.

    Local thermal pollution from wastewater


    Does not contribute to global warming.
    affects marine life.

    Very low fuel costs. Large-scale accidents can be catastrophic.

    Low fuel quantity reduces mining and Public perception of nuclear power is
    transportation effects on environment. negative.

    High technology research required benefits Costs of building and safely


    other industries. decommissioning are very high.

    Cannot react quickly to changes in


    Power station has very long lifetime.
    electricity demand.
    WIND ENERGY
    Wind farms have massive wind turbines.
    As the blades turn, the turbines generate electricity.
    There are windmill pumps in Zimbabwe so we know that the country is suited to
    wind power.
    Currently Zimbabwe does not have any wind turbines but the government has done
    a study to identify areas suitable for wind farms.
    Advantages of wind power
    Clean & Environment friendly Fuel source: – It doesn’t pollute air like power
    plant relying on combustion of fossil fuel. It does not produce atmospheric
    emissions that cause acid rain or greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide (CO2) or
    methane (CH4)). Noise and visual pollution are both environmental factors, but
    they don’t have a negative effect on the earth, water table or the quality of the air
    we breathe.

    Renewable & Sustainable: – Winds are caused by heating of atmosphere by the


    sun, earth surface irregularities and the rotation of the earth. For as long as the sun
    shines the wind blows, the energy produced can be harnessed and It will never run
    out, unlike the Earth’s fossil fuel reserves.

    Cost Effective: – Wind energy is completely free. There’s no market for the
    demand and supply of wind energy’s, It can be used by anyone and is one of the
    lowest price renewable technologies available today, depending upon the wind
    resource and the particular project’s financing.

    Industrial and Domestic Installation: – Wind turbines can be built on existing


    farms or ranches where most of the best wind sites are found. Wind turbines uses
    only a fraction of the land which causes no trouble in work for the farmers and
    rancher, providing landowners with additional income paid by the owners of the
    wind power plants. Many landowners opt to install smaller, less powerful wind
    turbines in order to provide part of a domestic electricity supply.

    Job Creation: – Jobs have been created for the manufacture of wind turbines, the
    installation and maintenance of wind turbines and also in wind energy consulting.
    According to the Wind Vision Report, wind has the potential to support more than
    600,000 jobs in manufacturing, installation, maintenance, and supporting services
    by 2050.
    Disadvantages of Wind Energy
    Fluctuation of Wind and Good wind sites: – Wind energy has a drawback that it
    is not a constant energy source. Although wind energy is sustainable and will never
    run out, the wind isn’t always blowing. This can cause serious problems for wind
    turbine developers who will often spend significant time and money investigating
    whether or not a particular site is suitable for the generation of wind power. For a
    wind turbine to be efficient, the location where it is built needs to have an adequate
    supply of wind energy.

    Noise and aesthetic pollution: – Wind turbines generate noise and visual
    pollution. A single wind turbine can be heard from hundreds of meters away.
    Although steps are often taken to site wind turbines away from dwellings. Many
    people like the look of wind turbines, others do not and see them as a blot on the
    landscape.

    Not a profitable use of land: – Alternative uses for the land might be more highly
    valued than electricity generation.

    Threat to wildlife: – Birds have been killed by flying into spinning turbine blades.
    However, it is believed that wind turbines pose less of a threat to wildlife than
    other man-made structures such as cell phone masts and radio towers. Most of the
    problems have been resolved or greatly reduced through technological
    development or by properly siting wind plants.

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