Abstract: Electrical energy is absolutely necessary for an advanced society. In this context use of classical combustibles (coal, petroleum, nuclear) is limited, e.g. by sources exhaustion. Some other undesired phenomena are commented and the solution – use of renewable energies is discussed. At the European level strategic objectives are presented for each case, even the cost target for 2015. In the same time distribution of electrical energy is subject to modernization with intensive promotion of information technologies. Some new ideas are presented, related with numerical treatment of information in new systems with multiple and distributed sources.

Brief Biography of the Speaker:
Professor Mihai O. Popescu (SM of IEEE) is graduated in Electrical Engineering in 1970, at the University Politehnica of Bucharest. His main activity topics are: transient phenomena in electrical network, switchgear, electrotechnologies, quality and reliability. He is author of more than 20 didactical manuals, more than 80 referred articles and 40 research contracts. Actually he is Vice-Rector of University Politehnica of Bucharest and member of National Quality Assessment Agency in Higher Education.