1. Energy in our life
Comenius Project (CF n2010-1-CZ-COM06-0377805)
Portuguese Web Site:http:/sites.google.com/a/esar.edu.pt/vascomonizcomenius/
2. ENERGY IN PORTUGAL
In a countrysuch as Portugal, thathasscarsefossilenergyresourses, theneed for renewablesourcesofenergyis a reality.
3. NON RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
4. FossilFuels
Theproductionofnon-renewableresourcesin Portugalisonly1% ofthecountrysproduction.
There are a fewresourcesofcoalanduranium.
Mostoftheenergyresourcesimportedby Portugal are oil, natural gasandcoal.
5. ELECTRICENERGY
Electricalenergyobtainedthroughseveralresources
6. Portugalsenergyimports (83,6%) aremuchhigherthanthe EU average.
7. The crude isimportedfromafricancountries (Algeria, Nigeria, Libia)andfromSaudiArabia.
NigeriaandAlgeria are alsoimportantsuppliersof natural gas.
Coal comes fromColombiaandSouthAfrica.
8. CRUDEIMPORTS ( PORTUGAL)
Portugals crude importshavebeenincreasing
9. In Portugal mostelectricityisproducedinthermicpowerplantsusingimportedcoal, natural gasandoil.
10. In Portugal, there are thermicpowerplantsin Sines, Carregado and Abrantes, thatproduce 30% ofourelectricity.
11. Sines thermicpowerplantislisted as oneofthe 30 mostpollutinginEurope.
Nevertheless, carbondioxideandotherpollutents are beingreduced.
12. Nuclear Energy
In Portugal thereis no nuclear energyproduction.
13. Thenationalproductionofuraniumisentirelyexported
Uraniumdistributionin Portugal
14. RenewableEnergySources
15. In Portugal energyrenewablesources areessenciallythesun, thewindandwater.
16. WindPowerEnergy
Portugal hasalwayshadtraditionofusingthepowerofthewindinthewindmills to grindcerealsandinsailing.
17. In Portugal the use ofwindpower toproduceelectricenergybeganin 1986 withthebuildingofthefirstwindpowerplantintheislandof Madeira.
18. Theelectricpowerproducedbywindturbineshasincreased to 3571 MW in Portugal.
19. Therehasbeenanincreaseinthebuildingofwindpowerplantsalloverthecountry.
20. Becausetheportuguesecoastisdenselypopulated, thewindpowerplantshavebeenbuiltmostlyinthe interior inhighgrounds to increasetheproductionofwindpowerenergy.
21. WaterPowerEnergy
Nowadaysmostoftheelectricenergyusedin Portugal comes fromwaterpower.
22. The potencial use ofwaterpowerenergyisdistributedalloverthenationalterritoryespeciallyinthenorthandcenterofthecountry, wheremostdamswerebuilt.
23. There are 145 damswith more than 15 metershigh.
Nevertheless,only46% ofourcountryswaterenergy potencial isbeingused.
24. Solar Energy
Portugal has a highnumberofhoursofsunperyear , speciallyintheinterior andsouthofthecountry.
About 300 mil msunpannels are estimated to havebeeninstalled.
Oneofthethebiggest solar powerplantsinEuropa, isin Amareleja,Alentejo inthesouthofPortugal.
25. GeothermicEnergy
IntheAzoresIslandsthey use geothermicenergy to obtainabout25% oftheelectricpowerconsumedintheseislands.
26. IntheAzorestheproductionofelectricityfromgeothermicenergyisdistributed as follows:
27. WaveEnergy
Theportuguesecoastalareas (speciallythe westernmainlandcoastandtheAzores) havegreat natural conditions for the use ofwaveenergy.
Thewateris a veryabundantresourceinourcountryandthere are deepwatersnearthecoast.
Portugal is a pioneerinprojectssuchas theconstructionof a prototypeintheAzoresandin Pvoa do Varzim (northof Portugal).
28. BiomassEnergy
Theportugueseforrestocupiesabout38% ofthenationalterritory.Yet, energeticpotencial ofthisresourcehasntbeenwellexplored: onlyabout 5% oftheenergyused comes frombiomass.
29. SustainableResourcesManagement
Decreasetheenergyconsumption.
Makepeopleawareoftheimportanceofrenewableenergysourcespromotingtheirdevelopment.
Reduceourdependenceofimportedfossilfuels.
Create acompetitivemarketwithhigherqualityandlowerprices for thedevelopmentofrenewableenergysources.
Choose policies andplans for thedevelopmentofrenewableenergysources.
30. Netography
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31. Bibliography
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