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Future energy refers, mainly, to energy sources not yet explored or that are in the research/precommercial stage. The energy sources of the future depend on the technological developments and the future resources’ availability, as well as on the political will to implement them and the financial conditions to make them flourish, given their potential disruptive character.

Besides that, future energy is also related to reshaping the primary energy use, such as in cooking and heating, by means of the implementation of modern methods and energy technologies. Within this context, it does not necessarily involve using undiscovered or unprecedented energy sources, but merely applying modern and sustainable technologies, such as natural gas boilers in substitution to traditional coal boilers or biogas-fired ovens in substitution to traditional firewood ovens. This reasoning is also applied to the transportation sector, where fossil fuel–fired vehicles, in a future energy scenario,...

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Guimarães, L.N.d.M.R. (2020). Future Energy and the Use of Renewables. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Affordable and Clean Energy. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71057-0_6-2

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    Future Energy and the Use of Renewables
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