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1. Work during stage I.
toc The students analyzed how energy is produced in each of the participating countries. They had a close look at the types of power plants, how they work, where they are placed and what type of fuels they use. Additionally, they investigated their local surroundings in terms of energy production and consumption and analyzed if their areas produce an energy surplus or deficit. With the obtained data students created a “European energy map” at the first meeting in Spain. There they also disussed their results and talked about the problems they had during their research. With the obtained information the pupils composed a letter to the European Commission in which they stated their final results and their conclusions. The outcome of the meeting in Borja can be watched on this page

2. Overview about renewable energies
The Italian group made a presentation showing the energy sources in Italy with focus on renewable energy for the future media type="custom" key="13449264"

3. Sources of energy
During the meeting in Borja (Spain) one group of students searched for sources of energy. They made this presentation and presented it for the whole project on the last working day of the meeting: media type="custom" key="13120216"

4. Energy policies in Europe
Another group of students worked on the different energy policies in Europe, searching for information on cost of producing energy, average income, average cosumation of energy in different countries in Europe, they also looked for information on official policy on energy and future production. The group made a presentation for the whole meeting on the last day. media type="custom" key="13124240"

5. Map of major energy production sites
A group of pupils created a map using google earth. On this map all major power plants of the participating countries are shown. The color code indicates the different types of powwerplants: yellow --> Photovoltaic, green --> wind, blue --> hydroelectricity, red --> nuclear power, brown --> natural gas, black --> coa, white --> natural gasl. The map was presented for the meeting on the final working day: (can be opened in Google Earth, focus on Europe)

6. Letter to the European Commission
As a reslult of the Comenius meeting in Borja, Spain (2012). The students wrote a letter, signed by all the participating students from alle the partner schools to the European Commissionar of Energy. The letter adressed several dificulties the students had while working with the project, espeically the lack of comparable data on energy, the cost of production etc from the different countries. They offered also suggestions in how to reduce CO2 emmision using renewable energy in electricity production. Read the whole letter here.