Sustainable Energy Systems in Europe:

Wind Turbines:
- most important form of renewable energies
- converting kinetic energy into electricity
- 1 turbine can supply about 571 houses
- could capture 3% of the global electricity demand

Tidal Power Plant:
- uses movement of the tides to create energy with turbines
- in Europe !"rance and #reat $ritain%

Hydroenergy:
&n the year ''( )ydroenergy covered 15*(% of global electricity demand* in comparrison to atomic
energy with a covering of 13*+%, -oday* there are more than 7,3'' plants in use and they cover about
3*. percent of the total electricity demand in #ermany* in /ustria !5+*+%% and Swit0erland !5*%%,
)ydroenergy is todays most important renewable energy source,

Photovoltaic:
1apable of producing a voltage* usually through photoemission* when e2posed to radiant energy*
especially light,
3hotovoltaic cells look similar to solar panels but they work in a different way, Solar panels are use to
produce hot water or even steam, 3hotovoltaic panels convert the sunlight directly into electricity,


/t the moment* Europe is trying to increase the use of sustainable energy, )ere are some current
pro4ect:
Electric cars:
- -here are more and more electric cars being created by European car companies, Electric cars are more
sustainable than other cars and the fuel costs less,
- Since '1' appro2imately .',''' electric-drive passenger cars have been sold in 5estern European
countries* &n '1* the leading countries were "rance !5*++3%* the 6etherlands !5*'73%* 6orway !.*+77%*
and #ermany !*75+%,

3ro8s :
- Electricity for the electric car is much cheaper than gasoline* 1 k5h costs about 9 '*' and it can drive
about ( km on 1 k5h,
- :ou don8t have to pay road ta2es,
- Electric cars don8t produce harmful pollution* so they are sustainable and good for the enviroment,

1ons:
- -he range of the electric car is less than the range of a gasoline car,
- 1harging the car takes longer than fuelling it with gasoline,
- -here aren8t so many charging stations in Europe yet,
- -he ma2 speeds of an electric passenger car is limited and less than a normal car,

Bicycle sharing system:
- / lot of countries* like #ermany and )olland* have got the bicycle sharing system, / bicycle sharing
system will let people travel more by bicycle instead of car and other polluting vehicles,
- 3' stations in the 6etherlands; 5'''< bicycles
- ('' stations in #ermany; 31''< bicycles
3ro=s:
- 6o pollution
- 6ot e2pensive

1ons:
- 1an=t use with bad weather
- >imited supply of bikes

Alternative plastic:
3lastic made out of oil pollute the enviroment* bioplastic out of corn or sugar may result in food
shortage,
$ut #erman engineers found a good alternative,-hey produced high ?ualified plastic out of wood waste,
@Argen 3filt0er uses >ignin for his plastic which is found in fiber material which gets normally burned as
garbage in the paper industry, &t is same as stable * same as machinable and same as universal useable
than normal plastic, /lthough it does not pollute the enviroment because it does rot, &t is a good
alternative to normal plastic and it is already used in the car and shoe industry,


>inks:
http:;;en,wikipedia,org;wiki;ElectricBcar
http:;;en,wikipedia,org;wiki;$icycleBsharingBsystem
http:;;en,wikipedia,org;wiki;)ydroenergy