Your town has decided to build a new power plant to replace the old coal burning plant. suggest a renewable resource that they could use to generate power. describe two advantages and two disadvantages of the resource you have recommended.

Wind power plant

Explanation:

A renewable resource is the one which can be replenished due to natural cycle like water, sunlight, forests and wind. The renewable resources are abundantly available in nature.

A old coal burning plant can be replaced by the wind power plant. This is because of the fact that wind power can produce comparably the same amount of electrical energy as that of electrical energy generated by coal burning plant.  

The advantages of using the wind power plant.

1. Wind is available at all regions of the world, the wind resource will not deplete in future.

2. Large amount of energy can be produced on a large scale.

The disadvantages of using the wind power plant.

1. Requires a large open space to construct a wind power plant.

2. The energy cannot be harnessed in bad weather conditions such as rainfall.