Comprehension Green Energy: Andalucía 2010

COMPREHENSION

GREEN ENERGY INDUSTRY ASKS FOR GOVERNMENT HELP TO MEET TARGETS

ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-3 ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN THE TEXT. USE YOUR OWN WORDS.
1 How will the £500m be spent?

• Half will be spent on offshore wind turbines and the other half will be used on making profitable other experimental forms of green energy.

2 Why did RenewableUK use Denmark as an example?

• Because Denmark has finally made the use of green energy extremely profitable.

3 Why does the aviation industry oppose widespread wind power generation?

• Because wind turbines might interfere with the technological equipment used in aviation.

ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE PRECISE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT, OR USE YOUR OWN WORDS.
4 This is a good time to ask for a huge financial help from the government.

• FALSE: ... "it is a huge amount of money" at a time when public finances are in the middle of a serious crisis. (L.14-15)

5 Some big firms are considering the possibility of entering the green energy industry.

• TRUE: There are encouraging signs of interest from important companies such as Siemens of Germany and Vattenfall of Sweden. (L. 18-19)

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