The approach towards the
environment
Use of energy
Bulgaria exhibits a fairly
diverse energy mix with an
average dependency on
imported fuels (oil and
natural gas from Russia and
also solid fuels). Domestic
production includes nuclear
energy and solid fuels which
are also the main fuels for
electricity generation
Types of renewable energy used in Bulgaria
Bulgaria is a sunny country and the
solar energy has been used for ages.
Nowadays the solar energy is one of
the most popular ways of producing
environmentally friendly energy at low
price.
Among other countries, Bulgaria also
offers potential for construction of wind
farms, more specifically along the
coastal line and at places with altitude
of 1000 meters or more. The
manufacture of wind is a new
business for Bulgaria but it is
developing very quickly. By 2015 there
will be 600 wind energy sources.
Hydroelectricity
Hydroelectricity is the term
referring to electricity
generated by hydropower;
the production of electrical
power through the use of
the gravitational force of
falling or flowing water. It is
the most widely used form
of renewable energy. Once
a hydroelectric complex is
constructed, the project
produces no direct waste.
In Bulgaria we have 86 of
water power plants.
Belgium energy
Bio-energy
Biological methods based
on photosynthesis, for
example the use of
biological waste or growing
bacteria that produce oil.
Also trees, elephant grass or
other fast-growing plants
that burn or generate
fermentable biomass could
be used.
• Water energy
Wave Energy
The movement of the waves of the sea is used to generate electricity.
Tidal energy
The differences in water level of the tides through turbines into electrical energy
is converted.
Blue energy
The energy that can be won by the difference in salt concentration between
seawater and freshwater.
Hydroelectric power
Energy from height of water, usually by building a dam or a natural waterfall.
OTEC (Ocean Abbreviation of British Thermal Energy Conversion).
This technique uses the temperature difference between surface and deeper
layers of the ocean to generate electricity.
Hungaria
• The hungarian people used a lot of old cars but these cars
were bad for the environment. Today engineers are working on
designing hybrid cars, it protect the environment from the
polluting gases.
• The recycling bins appeared on the streets. We can separate
about 5 different materials: paper, glass, tin or aluminum cans
and plastic bottles. Recycling bins exist in various sizes for use
in homes, offices, and large public facilities.
Ajka alumina plant accident
•
The The Ajka alumina sludge
spill was an industrial accident
at a caustic waste reservoir
chain of the Ajkai Timföldgyár
alumina plant in Ajka,
Veszprém County, in western
Hungary.
• It happened on 4 of October in
2010.
• About 40 square kilometres
(15 square miles) of land were
initially affected.
Types of Energy in Scotland
• Wind turbines are the fastest growing of
the renewable energy technologies in
Scotland.
• Scotland has 85% of the UK's hydroelectric energy resource.
• Because of the weather in Scotland there
is enormous potential available for wave
power off the Scottish coasts.
German environment
It is hard to imagine that
not so long ago,
Germany was one of
Europe's worst
environmental laggards.
In the 1970s, the river
Rhine was a stinking
cesspool, poisoned by
heavy industry. German
negotiators said no to all
efforts by the United
States and the
Scandinavian countries.
• Today, Germany may be the world's
greenest country—and not just
because salmon once again return to
spawn in the Rhine. A few nations
score better overall on Yale and
Columbia's Environmental
Performance Index (EPI), and
Germany still lags in protecting habitat
and in curbing gas-guzzling cars. But
"among countries making themselves
green by design, Germany is No. 1,"
says Yale's Daniel Esty. Germany
adopted it and almost overnight
created the world's biggest market for
wind and solar power.
Conclusion
The common between
the countries- Germany,
Hungary, Bulgaria,
Scotland and Belgium is
that we all appreciate the
nature. The Earth is a
place where we all live
and we aim to keep it
clean and we give our
best.
Our team:
Flora Zachar
Zsofi Varga
Thomas Wiedemann
Romy Van D’huynslager
Mima Bruyneel
Petya Stoicheva
Desislava Dimova
Desislava Radeva
Mariya Ignatova
Iona Anderson
Nadejda Petkova
Dobrena Pavlova
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