1. European Energies – Lisbon
The Future of Energies

2. In the future, civilization will be forced to research and develop alternative
energy sources. Our current rate of fossil fuel usage will lead to an energy crisis
this century. In order to survive the energy crisis many companies in the energy
industry are inventing new ways to extract energy from renewable sources. While
the rate of development is slow, mainstream awareness and government
pressures are growing.

3. Current Energy Consumption per Sources
Source: wikipedia, 2006

5. Source: IPCC 4th Assessment Report

6. Source: National Geographic

7. Alternative Means of Producing Energy

8. New Solar Pond Distillation System
• Development of a solar
technique that will take care of
the ecosystems of terminus
lakes around the world;
• This new solar distillation
system will help in removing
the salinity of the lake water.

9. Floating Geodesic Solar Molecules
• Development of the capability to
harvest 40 minutes of sunlight falling
on the entire earth, we can provide
energy to the whole population of this
planet for about a year.
• Scientists and industrial designers are
continuously engaged in research so
that they can create mechanics and
systems that can harvest solar energy
in a better way.

10. Energy Harvesting ‘Piezo-tree’ Concept
• Reproduction of the swaying of tree branches;
• The flapping leaves developed in the laboratory generate energy
which can be utilized by us;
• The whole exercise till now appears to be low-cost, and easily
scalable.

11. Converting Carbon Dioxide into Liquid Fuel with Bacteria
• Scientists have genetically been working
on a cyanobacterium;
• They successfully modified a
cyanobacterium to consume carbon
dioxide and generate the liquid fuel
isobutanol;
• The whole process happens with the help
of sunlight through photosynthesis.
Source: Nature Biotechnology Journal

12. Source: www.CG4TV.com

13. CONCLUSIONS
• Heavily investments in energy efficiency are necessary
in order to meet the growing worldwide demand for
electronic technologies and gadgets and so that a
global economic crisis will be avoided;
• Demand for oil and energy resources from
industrialized nations like China are expected to
almost double by the year 2030.

14. CONCLUSIONS
• Many nations will increase their use of nuclear power
to meet growing energy needs;
• Large companies and developed countries will be
forced to look towards alternative means of obtaining
energy in order to cope with the growing needs,
depletion of fossil fuel and environmental
consequences.

15. What can we do about it?
How can we contribute?
• Supporting environmental actions in any way possible;
• Spreading awareness about the dangers of pollution
and global warming;
• Recycling;
• Choosing alternative means of transportation;
• Avoiding the waste of energy;
• Keeping ourselves constantly informed on changes and
developments in the fields of alternative energy;
• Protecting nature and preserving the wildlife;
• Thinking GREEN.

16. “Sustainable development is development that meets the
needs of the present without compromising the ability of
future genarations to meet their own needs.”
Brutland Report 1983

17. If we don´t do it for
ourselves, let´s do it for
our children!
Beatriz Baena (ES)
António Almeida (PT)
Ania Brach (PL)
Maria Vlachogiannatou (GR)
Stefan Vargolici (RO)
Andrei Stan (RO)
Adas Meskenas (LT)
Lina Baronaite (LT)
Zivile Ptickinaite (LT)