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    PEOPLE & SKILLS Institute of Training Development ASSIGNMENT Design the Optimum Grid and Power Sources for Sarawak Assignment submitted in fulfilment of requirements for the degree of Bachelor in Electrical Engineering Faculty of Engineering Multimedia University 2013 DR. IR PRASHOBH KARUNAKARAN Table of Contents Details Pages Contents i Title ii Dedication iii Acknowledgement iv Abstract v Contents vi List of Figures vii List of Tables

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    Throughout history it is a known fact that humans depend on energy to satisfy basic needs. In order to meet these needs humans have gone to the extent of putting the environment at risk. Air pollution is currently one of the five leading causes of death worldwide and the usage of fossil fuels is a major factor contributing to this. (Future talk: clean renewable energy September 2013). Fossil fuels are finite sources of energy; while the demand for energy will continue to increase‚ there will still

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    Tourist & Historical Places | | | | ------------------------------------------------- Qutub Minar About 15 km south of Delhi‚ in Mehrauli‚ this 238 feet and 1 inch high Minar has been referred to as "one of the wonders of world". This soaring tower of victory was built immediately after the defeat of the last Hindu Kingdom in Delhi. Qutb-ud-din Aibak laid its foundation in 1200 A.D. Iltutmish added three more storeys. After damaged by lightning in 1368 A.D. Firuz Shah Tughlaq rebuilt the

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    Death of a Naturalist The poem‚ like Seamus Heaney’s work‚ is very nature minded in terms of context. However‚ he describes the frogs in a very evil‚ sinister‚ and menacing way. It is about a child who collects frog spawn from the dam and collects it in jars. He is innocent and unaware of the evil that lurks in the frog spawn. We can see in the poem that the boy is young‚ when he remembers his teacher teaching him about the frogs‚ and his way of calling the frogs ‘Daddy frog’ and ‘Mammy Frog’

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    For hundreds of years‚ Egypt was ruled by the Ottoman Empire until taken over by the French in 1798 and remained under French influence until the British gained control in 1882. By 1922‚ Britain was in full power of Egypt and their government was run by a constitutional monarchy that mirrored that of Belgium specifically‚ among other European countries. This monarchy was not uniquely Egyptian‚ but an illusion of independence perpetuated by the British and named the Veiled Protectorate. Britain wanted

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    In an average year‚ 11413 million kilowatts hours (MKWh’s) of electricity would be generated at Kalabagh. Pakistan needs Kalabagh Dam not only because of energy issues but to control Floods are detrimental.Kalabagh would store surplus water in the flood season and make it available forcontrolled utilization during the low flow season. Kalabagh Dam Project was designed in 1984‚ with the assistance of the United Nations Development Program; supervised by the World Bank‚ for the client

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    question. Check your answers if you have time at the end. Turn over P42131A ©2013 Pearson Education Ltd. *P42131A0120* 1/1/1/1/1 SECTION A Answer ALL the questions in this section. Evidence A Thousands march in Chile against Patagonia Dam Project Thousands of people marched in Santiago to protest against a proposed hydroelectric project in southern Chile. The project is expected to increase the electrical power supply by 15% when construction is completed in 2020. The $3.2 billion HidroAysen

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    themes of resource rights‚ subaltern resistance and cultural identity. Her first book In the Belly of the River: Tribal Conflicts over Development in the Narmada Valley discussed the struggle for survival by adivasis in central India against a large dam. Her concept of ’cultural politics ’ deepens the conventional understanding of social action by showing how interests and ideologies are formed in the course of collective practice and how their complex interaction with dominant ideas and institutions

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    and of some few fail. The one which fail cost damage to property and human life. In my view the first worse case is the buffalo creek disaster. This disaster is an accident or tragedy it’s hard to figure out. On the morning of 26 February 1972 the dam that had been build failed. Although the official was warned about the consequences and dangers of floods‚ but the residents were not informed. This led to a huge loss. There slightest communication gap with the people cost them their lives. 130 million

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    Gorges da project in China blocks the Yangtze River; it cost $50 billion just for the construction‚ and was fully operational on the 4th of July 2012. This cost doesn’t account for the environmental and social costs that also came with the scheme. The dam drains 1.8million km2 and will supply Shanghai’s population of 13 million along with Chongqing’s population of 3 million with sufficient supplies of water. Not only has it provided people with water but it’s also the worlds’ largest hydroelectric scheme

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