Moja Island Renewable energy options KS 3/4

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Moja IslandRenewable energy optionsKS 3/4
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Learning ObjectiveTo identify the most
appropriate renewable energy options for an
island community.
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A big issue no electricity?

• Did you know that nearly
• one third of people in the
• world dont have access to
• electricity from a national
• grid?

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No mains electricity

• The majority of people without
• access to mains electricity
• live in remote areas in developing
• countries.
• And theres little chance of
• being connected in the near
• future!
• Why do you think that is?

• Picture from PA

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Communities sorting their energy solutions

• Many people living without
• mains electricity find other
• ways to generate electricity.
• In Sri Lanka these children are
• looking forward to having light in
• their home generated by a small
• wind turbine.

Video clip http//practicalaction.org/our-work/our
work_energy
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Running off the river

• In Kenya, 96 of
• people dont have access to
• grid electricity.
• A community from Mbuiri, a
• village north of Nairobi, have
• channelled part of a river to
• generate electricity from
• small-scale hydro-electric
• power schemes.
• Video clip http//practicalaction.org/our-work/our
  work_energy?idmicrohydro

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Moja Island

• Moja island is a small country situated off the
  East Africa coast in the Indian ocean.
• It has no mains electricity.
• The 1,450 islanders mainly use kerosene lamps and
  candles for lighting and fuel wood for cooking
  food.

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Moja Island

• The government has decided to invest money to
• generate electricity on Moja Island.
• Your task As a group of scientists, you have
  been asked
• to identify the most appropriate renewable energy
  options
• for village communities on Moja Island.

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Renewable Energy options?

• Can you think of some options for renewable
  energy that
• might be suitable for Moja Island?

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Each group needs

• Map of Moja Island
• Set of Renewable Energy fact cards
• Moja Island Community card
• Renewable Energy Choices worksheets

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Which were the overall popular choices of
renewable Energy for Moja island?
Energy sources Class tally
Wind
Solar
Water (hydroelectric, wave, tidal)
Geothermal
Biological (biomass, biogas)