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Non renewable

Coal

360 million years ago Queensland was a very different place to what it is today.
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Gas

Gas has come a long way from when it was first discovered in 1609.
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Nuclear

Nuclear Power is electricity produced by capturing the heat of nuclear reactions.
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Oil

Like coal and gas, oil is a fossil fuel and was formed from the remains of animals and plants...
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Renewable

Biomass

The biomass used as an energy source is usually waste plant and animal matter.
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Geothermal

Geothermal energy is heat energy available from the earth.
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Hydroelectric

A hydroelectric power plant generates electricity from falling water.
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Landfill

Landfill sites contain buried waste matter, which contains organic materials.
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Solar

Solar energy is the most abundant form of energy on Earth.
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Tidal

The energy from the movement of water in tides can be used as the source of energy to generate electrical energy.
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Wind

Wind energy is an indirect form of solar energy.
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Last year, Germany installed 960MW of solar photovoltaic power and plans to increase this to over 2800MW by 2010. That’s more than the electricity needed to power Brisbane on a hot summer day.