Electrical Energy Generation in Europe

General Overview.- The Current Situation and Perspectives on the Use of Renewable Energy Sources for Electricity Generation.- The Current Situation and Perspectives on the Use of Hydropower for Electricity Generation.- The Current Situation and Perspectives on the Use of Solar Energy for Electricity Generation.- The Current Situation and Perspectives on the Use of Wind Energy for Electricity Generation.- The Current Situation and Perspectives on the Use of Geothermal Energy for Electricity Generation.- The Current Situation and Perspectives on the Use of Biomass for Electricity Generation.- The Current Situation and Perspectives on the Use of Nuclear Energy for Electricity Generation.- Conclusion.

Jorge Morales Pedraza has University degrees in Mathematics and in Economic Sciences and was a Cuban diplomatic with the title of Ambassador for twenty six years. He was in the 1980s Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Cuba to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and in the 1990s was appointed as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Cuba to the Provisional Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Morales Pedraza was also University professor in Mathematics and Invited Professor for post-graduate studies in the Diplomatic Academy of Cuba. He worked as Senior Manager in the IAEA in the Director's Office and was the Interim Head of the Latin America Section and Regional Project Coordinator for this region. He is the author and co-author of more than 60 papers already published by different international publisher houses and the United Nations and the author or coauthor of 10 chapters of different books related with the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, non-proliferation, disarmament, arms control and security, the use of the ionizing radiation technique for tissue sterilization, ethics in tissue establishment, crisis management, finance investment, the use of different energy sources for the generation electricity, among others. He has published eight books and one more is waiting for publication in 2015.