Question: Which among the following countries has tripled its renewable energy production?
(a) China
(b) Norway
(c) Ukraine
(d) Japan
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- European country Ukraine has tripled its renewable energy production over the last year. Many of its new power plants run on bio-fuels. One of these plants is Koriukivka in Chernihiv region.
- Build in 2016, this power plant used wood chips as bio-fuel, approximately 140 tons of this fuel is used each day.
- The wood chips are produced from logs and waste from local woodworking industry. These are accumulated and crushed by a machine to get chips that suitable for burning and generating electricity.
- This power plant generates around 20 million kilowatt-hours of energy per year, allowing it to supply electricity to 3.5 thousand apartments.
Link:
http://ddnews.gov.in/international/ukraine-triples-its-renewable-energy-production