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In Europe, energy is ubiquitous in our daily lives, supplying power to everything around us without us even realising it: heating for our homes, lighting for our buildings, power for public transport, enabling us to play video games, re-charge our smartphones, and so on. All these and many other measures require energy, but where does it come from? What is a kilowatt hour? What are renewable sources of energy?
Discover the answers to these questions through these short videos, also ideal for starting a discussion on the topic in the classroom.
Over half of the European Union’s energy is imported – mostly as fossil fuels like oil and natural gas, which provide the majority of our energy. Nucl...
The sun is our star! It gives us incredible light and heat, thanks to a process called fusion. Can you imagine if we could reproduce this on Earth? It...
Efficiency means getting more for less. If we are efficient with energy, we can enjoy the same levels of comfort or more, while using less! The EU ene...
Energy powers everything around us. In the EU, each of us uses a great deal of energy every day. Our electricity is often measured in kilowatt-hours. ...
We can all play our part in protecting the environment and our climate by using greener forms of energy. Like renewable energy – so-called because it ...