How Much Do You Know about Renewable Energy?

  1. In order for the UK to play its part in reducing carbon dioxide emissions, the Government has set an aspirational target of reducing these emissions, compared with 1990 levels, by how much by 2050?

    1. 20%
    2. 40%
    3. 60%

  2. The UK population represents 1 per cent of the world’s population. What percentage of global carbon dioxide emissions is it currently responsible for?

    1. 0.5%
    2. 1.5%
    3. 3%

  3. What percentage of UK carbon dioxide emissions come from electricity generation?

    1. a) 10%
    2. 20%
    3. 30%

  4. What percentage of UK electricity is the Government aiming to generate from renewable sources by 2010?

    1. 5%
    2. 10%
    3. 15%

  5. What percentage of the UK’s electricity was generated from renewable sources at the beginning of 2005?

    1. 3.6%
    2. 9.5%
    3. 18.2%

  6. What is the average annual electricity consumption of a household in the UK?

    (One kilowatt hour (kWh) of energy consumption is equivalent to leaving an immersion heater on for 20 minutes, or a hair dryer for an hour. It is one ‘unit’ of electricity, as shown on our electricity bills. We pay about 7p for each unit; 1,000kWh = one megawatt hour.)

    1. 1,200kWh
    2. 2,300kWh
    3. 4,700kWh

  7. What percentage of Europe’s wind resource does the UK have?
    1. 10%
    2. 25%
    3. 40%

  8. A 2-megawatt (MW) wind turbine would typically produce enough electricity in a year to meet the annual electricity needs of how many households (based on typical household electricity consumption of 4,700kWh/year, Digest of UK Energy Statistics, 2002)?

    1. 120
    2. 520
    3. 1,120

  9. How long does a modern wind turbine have to operate before it generates more energy than that which went into its manufacture and installation?

    1. 3–5 months
    2. 12–18 months
    3. 4–5 years

  10. What is the current installed capacity of wind power in the UK?

    1. 330MW
    2. 770MW
    3. 1,100MW

You can find the answers to the quiz here.

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