Portugal relies heavily on imported fossil fuels for its energy needs due to limited domestic fossil fuel resources. While some coal and uranium are produced locally, over 80% of Portugal's energy comes from imported oil, natural gas, and coal. Renewable sources like wind, solar, hydroelectric, and biomass are increasingly important to Portugal's energy mix as the country aims to reduce dependence on imports and pollution. Wind power in particular has expanded significantly, with over 3500 MW of installed capacity nationwide. Portugal has good natural conditions for harvesting energy from the sun, waves, and water resources.

1. Energy in our life Comenius Project (CF nº2010-1-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 Portugal isonly 1% ofthecountry’sproduction. There are a fewresourcesofcoalanduranium. Mostoftheenergyresourcesimportedby Portugal are oil, natural gasandcoal.

5. ELECTRIC ENERGY Electricalenergyobtainedthroughseveralresources

6. Portugal’senergyimports (83,6%) are muchhigherthanthe EU average.

7. The crude isimportedfromafricancountries (Algeria, Nigeria, Libia) andfromSaudiArabia. NigeriaandAlgeria are alsoimportantsuppliersof natural gas. Coal comes fromColombiaandSouthAfrica.

8. CRUDE IMPORTS ( PORTUGAL) Portugal’s 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 are essenciallythesun, thewindandwater.

16. WindPowerEnergy Portugal hasalwayshadtraditionofusingthepowerofthewindinthewindmills to grindcerealsandinsailing.

17. In Portugal the use ofwindpower to produceelectricenergybeganin 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, only 46% ofourcountry’swaterenergy potencial isbeingused.

24. Solar Energy Portugal has a highnumberofhoursofsunperyear , speciallyinthe interior andsouthofthecountry. About 300 mil m²sunpannels are estimated to havebeeninstalled. Oneofthethebiggest solar powerplantsin Europa, isin Amareleja, Alentejo inthesouthofPortugal.

25. GeothermicEnergy IntheAzoresIslandsthey use geothermicenergy to obtainabout25% oftheelectricpowerconsumedintheseislands.

26. IntheAzorestheproductionofelectricityfromgeothermicenergyisdistributed as follows:

27. WaveEnergy Theportuguesecoastalareas (speciallythe western mainlandcoastandtheAzores) havegreat natural conditions for the use ofwaveenergy. Thewateris a veryabundantresourceinourcountryandthere are deepwatersnearthecoast. Portugal is a pioneerinprojectssuch as theconstructionof a prototypeintheAzoresandin Póvoa do Varzim (northof Portugal).

28. BiomassEnergy Theportugueseforrestocupiesabout 38% ofthenationalterritory. Yet, energetic potencial ofthisresourcehasn’tbeenwellexplored: onlyabout 5% oftheenergyused comes frombiomass.

29. SustainableResourcesManagement Decreasetheenergyconsumption. Makepeopleawareoftheimportanceofrenewableenergysourcespromotingtheirdevelopment. Reduceourdependenceofimportedfossilfuels. Create a competitivemarketwithhigherqualityandlowerprices for thedevelopmentofrenewableenergysources. Choose policies andplans for thedevelopmentofrenewableenergysources.

30. Netography http://www.aguaquentesolar.com/publicacoes/16/FORUM_Relatorio-Sintese.pdf http://www.notapositiva.com/trab_estudantes/trab_estudantes/geografia/geografia_trabalhos/energrenovaveis.htm http://www.eneop.pt/canais.asp?id_canal=110 http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energia_hidr%C3%A1ulica http://pensamentopararenovar.blogspot.com/2008/12/energia-hidrulica-e-as-suas-vantagens-e.html http://images.google.pt/images?hl=pt-PT&um=1&sa=1&q=recursos+hidricos&aq=2&oq=recursos+&start=0 http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energia_geot%C3%A9rmica http://www.google.pt/images?hl=pt-pt&q=energia%20geotermica&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi in3.dem.ist.utl.pt/master/02energy/pres8_1.pps http://www.erse.pt/pt/gasnatural/Paginas/default.aspx

31. Bibliography Lobo, José Silva. 2001 Coordenadas. Actividades Económicas. Volume 2. Campos, C. & Z Delgado.2007. Sistema Terra. Sustentabilidade na Terra. Texto Editores.