The economic model based on the consumption of fossil fuels, mainly oil, historically has fostered a growth of civilization, but it has not taken into account the consequences for the environment, now beginning to be analyzed due to the different impacts observed. It is necessary a clean energy production worldwide. In the current economic crisis, especially in southern Europe, one of the challenges of change is the energy model, both to improve environmental impacts and to improve the balance of payments, without losing competitiveness. The first conditions that must have the new energy model 2 promoted by the European Union (EU) are the savings, efficiency and clean energy production, discussed in this article. Renewable energies are inexhaustible and widely distributed. Its use in a higher percentage than today, will impact less on the environment, improve the balance of payments, and create new jobs.