KEY NOTE LECTURE
WORLD PRODUCTION AND ENERGY CONSUMPTIONS:
WHAT KIND OF MID TERM EVOLUTIONS ?
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Michel COMBARNOUS
Laboratoire Transferts, Écoulements, Fluides, Énergétique |
Abstract
Starting from the evolution of world population in the next decades, needs in energy production are presented, as well as all the new tools to save energy, included in what is called now « energy transition ». After a general presentation of the overall panel of energy production devices, some renewable energies are detailed: wind energy, photovoltaic, biomasses… In conclusion, the behavior of the overall system « Continents – Oceans – Atmosphere » is presented in the same time as other general problems (water resources,…).
Biography
Michel COMBARNOUS, emeritus professor at the University of Bordeaux, has been associate professor at the University of Gabès (Tunisia) (2006-2011). A specialist in fluid mechanics and energetics, he was encharged of the Department « Engineering Sciences » at CNRS (1980-1985). He is a founding member of « Académie des Technologies », and Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences, since 1978 (www.academie-sciences.fr)