IEA Urges Spain to Speed Up Electrification
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The IEA is a big group that studies energy. It wants Spain to use more electricity, faster. It says Spain must change transport, buildings and industry.
Spain already makes 56% of its electricity from renewables. Renewables are things like sun and wind. They do not make pollution.
But the IEA says Spain has one big problem. Spain still does not use enough electricity in cars, homes and factories. Many of these still use oil or gas.
The IEA wants Spain to change this soon. This is called electrification. It means using electricity instead of oil or gas.
Renewables have already helped Spain save money. Spain has saved more than 22 billion euros. This money was saved because of clean energy.
The IEA says Spain can do even better. Spain needs to use clean electricity in more places, not just to make it.
Vocabulary15 words
- IEA
- a big group; it studies energy around the world
- renewables
- clean energy from sun, wind, or water
- pollution
- bad things in the air or water; not good for health
- electrification
- using electricity instead of oil or gas
- industry
- big companies that make things, like factories
- transport
- cars, buses, trains; ways to move people or things
- billion
- a very big number; 1,000 million
- energy
- power used for light, heat, or machines
- factories
- big buildings where things are made
- save
- to keep money, not spend it
- clean energy
- energy that does not hurt nature
- problem
- something that is not easy; needs a solution
- group
- many people or countries together
- change
- to make something different
- oil
- a dark liquid used for energy; comes from the ground
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1. Electrify transport, buildings and industry 2. 56% 3. True
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The _____ is a big group that studies energy. It wants Spain to use more electricity, faster.
Spain already makes 56% of its _____ from renewables.
Renewables are things like sun and _____. They do not make pollution.
But the IEA says Spain has one big _____.
Spain still does not use enough electricity in cars, homes and _____.
This is called _____. It means using electricity instead of oil or gas.
Renewables have already helped Spain _____ money.
Spain has saved more than 22 _____ euros.
The IEA says Spain can do even _____.
Spain needs to use clean electricity in more _____, not just to make it.
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