Renewable Energy Snapshots 2012
Arnulf Jaeger-Waldau, Fabio Monforti-Ferrario,
Manjola Banja, Hans Bloem, Roberto Lacal
Arantegui, Márta Szabó
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TABLE OF CONTENT
Table of content ................................................................................................................................................................
Energy from biomass in the European Union .......................................................................................................
Concentrated Solar Thermal Electricity CSP Snapshot
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Snapshot on European Solar (eat
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Photovoltaic Snapshot
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Snapshot on European Wind Energy ......................................................................................................... 7
RES status in the National Renewable Action Plans ........................................................................................
1
ENERGY FROM BIOMASS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
Fabio Monforti-Ferrario
European Commission, Joint Research Centre; Renewable Energy Unit
e-mail: fabio.monforti-ferrario@ec.europa.eu
The total amount of primary bioenergy1 production in the 27 Members States of the European
Union (EU-27) was 100.77 Mtoe in 2009 and 112.73 Mtoe in 2010 respectively.
BIOELECTRICITY
Installed capacity
The total installed capacity of electricity power plants possible to be fed with raw material of
renewable origin was 25.8 GW in 2008 and 28.7 GW in 2010. Nevertheless, this total installed
capacity figure also includes Municipal waste treatment facilities that are usually fed with a mixture of
renewable and non-renewable material and in Figure 1 this capacity is shown separately.
The overall bioelectricity installed capacity has shown in the last decade an average annual increase of
about 2 GW. Even more impressively, from 2003 to 2010 the annual average capacity increase
amounted to about 2000 MW/y, i.e., more than four times the annual average increase in installed
capacity between 1996 and 2002 (which was around 450 MW/y).
35,000
Municipal Wastes
30,000
Other
25,000
MW
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
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2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Figure 1 Total bioelectricity installed capacity in the EU-27 from 2001 to 2010
1
Bioenergy: bio-heat + bio-electricity + biofuels for transport
3
2009
2010
Wood/wood waste represents the biggest proportion of installed capacity with 53.6 % (Figure 2) but
biogas is the sector that has shown the highest percent growth rate in 2010 comparing with 2009 data:
20% of growth to be compared with 7% of wood, 10% of municipal waste and 13% of liquid biofuels.
Wood and wood waste is mostly processed in 4 leading countries (Sweden, Germany, Austria and
Finland) accounting for more than 9 GW in total. Germany is also leader for electricity from biogas
with 2.7 GW installed, followed by UK (1.1GW) Austria and Italy (about 0.5 GW each one).
2010
Liquid Biofuels,
3.5%
Municipal
Wastes, 21.6%
Biogas, 21.3%
Wood/Wood
Wastes, 53.6%
Figure 2 Installed bioelectricity capacity by source in the EU-27 in 2010
7,000
6,000
Liquid Biofuels
biogas
Wood/Wood Wastes
Municipal Wastes
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Electricity generated
The electricity produced originating from biomass was 107 TWh in 2009 and 123 TWh in 2010 in the
EU-27 with yearly increases between 10 % and 20% in the last decade (Figure 4).
Germany kept its role as the biggest bioelectricity producer in 2010 with 33672 GWh followed by
Sweden and UK with 12192 and 11916 GWh respectively (Figure 5). These three countries alone
represent almost half (47 %) of the total production within the EU-27 Member States.
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United Kingdom
Finland
Sweden
Slovakia
Slovenia
Romania
Poland
Figure 5 Bioelectricity production in the EU-27 MS-s in 2010 by categories
Portugal
Austria
Netherlands
Malta
Hungary
Luxembourg
Latvia
Lithuania
Cyprus
Italy
France
Spain
Ireland
Greece
Estonia
Germany
Denmark
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Bioliquids
Biogas
Wood / wood waste
Municipal waste (renewable)
Belgium
GWh
Figure 4 Bioelectricity production in the EU-27 since 2001
4.7%
14.0%
Municipal waste
(renewable)
24.6%
Wood / wood waste
Biogas
Bioliquids
56.7%
Figure 6 Bioelectricity generation from biomass in the EU-27 in 2010 by source
Wood and wood waste was also the main source of generated electricity with a proportion of 56.7 %
followed by biogas (24.6 %) while the renewable fraction of municipal waste accounted for 14 %
(Figure 6).
For more than half (16) of the member states the wood/ wood waste was the leading bioelectricity
source, while in a smaller number of countries (Germany, Ireland, Greece, Luxembourg, UK and
Latvia) biogas is the leading source of bioelectricity. .
HEAT FROM BIOMASS
Heat produced from biomass amounted to 8 Mtoe in 2009 and 9.6 Mtoe in 2010 in the EU-27 (Figure
7). The solid form is by fare the main source for the heat production from biomass in the EU-27 with
wood and wood waste accounting for 75 % of the heat generated. (Figure 8).
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1,000
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2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Figure 7 Heat production from biomass in the EU-27 since 2001
Bioliquids, 2.0%
Biogas, 1.8%
Municipal waste
(renewable), 20.9%
Wood/Wood
Wastes , 75.3%
Figure 8 Bioheat production by source in the EU-27 in 2010
Sweden was the leading member state in bioheat production with 3.6 Mtoe, followed by Finland,
Denmark and Germany with 1.6, 1.2 and 1 Mtoe, respectively (Figure 8). These four countries
covered around 75 % of the total EU-27 bioheat production.
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BIOFUELS: SOURCES AND USE
Table 1 summarizes the total flows of liquid biofuels in EU-27 in 2010.2
Primary production of biofuels in EU-27 amounted to a total of 13 Mtoe in 2010. The majority of the
produced biofuels is biodiesel (63%) while biogasoline and other liquid biofuels contributed less (16%
and 21%, respectively). Imported biofuels provided 4.8 Mtoe while 2.2 Mtoe of biofuels was exported
in 2010 summing to a net import balance of 2.6 Mtoe.
Table 1: Biofuels flows in EU-27 in 2010. Data in ktoe. (Eurostat 2012)3 4
Primary production
Total imports
Stock change
Total exports
Net imports
Gross inland consumption
Input to thermal power stations
Input to district heating plants
Final energy consumption
Final energy consumption Industry
Final energy consumption Transport
Final energy consumption Households
Statistical Difference
Biogasoline
2021
1058
-3
405
653
2672
0
0
2803
Biodiesel
8142
3512
-9
1763
1749
9882
0
0
9993
Other
2777
200
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5
195
2971
1551
181
1223
Total
12940
4771
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2173
2598
15525
1551
181
14018
0
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536
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4
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2
The not negligible statistical difference for some products shows how 2010 data still needed stabilization at the time of last
update (April 2012)
In the whole analysis the following biofuels products coded by EuroStat have been considered: biogasoline (5546),
biodiesel (5547), other liquid biofuels (5548), biofuels (5545).
4
Eurostat indicators: Primary production (100100), total imports (100300), stock change (100400), total exports
(100500), net imports (100600) , gross inland consumption (100900), Input to conventional thermal power stations
(101001), Input to district heating plants (101009), Final energy consumption (101700), Final energy consumption –
Industry (101800), Final energy consumption – Transport (101900), Final energy consumption - Households/Services
(101200)
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Almost all biogasoline (i.e., the sum of bioethanol, biomethanol, bio-ETBE and bio-MTBE 5 ) and
biodiesel is used in transport sector, while a consistent amount of other liquid biofuels (mainly pure
vegetable oils) are used for district heating, power generation and industry. (see figures 6 and 8)
In EU-27, Germany is the main biofuel producer with 4.6 Mtoe (35% of EU-27 production) followed
by France with 2.2 Mtoe (17% of EU-27 production). Other relevant biofuels producers are shown in
Figure 10.
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Import/export flows for EU-27 countries are shown in Figure 11. UK imports 850 ktoe of biofuels,
mainly biodiesel while Italy is the second importer with 620 ktoe. In the case of UK biofuels import is
roughly equivalent to 3.5 times the domestic production while in case of Italy import accounts for
about 40% of the domestic production. In the large majority of EU countries, both production and
import/export flows focus on biodiesel.
Figure 10 Relevant biofuels producer in EU-27 in 2010. Countries not included in the figure produce
less than 250 ktoe 6
5
See Eurostat's Concepts and definition database (CODED) and definitions in Directive 2003/30/EC on the promotion
of the use of biofuels and other renewable fules for transport.
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Eurostat indicators: Primary production (100100)
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Figure 11 Relevant biofuels importers (positive values) and exporters (negative values) in EU-27 in
2010. Countries not included in the figure import and export less than 50 ktoe7
TRENDS IN BIOFUELS MARKET
Figure 12 shows as the production of biofuels is constantly increasing in last decade even at a slower
pace since 2008. At the same time, EU-27 has moved from being a net exporter to become a net
importer for an increasing amount of biofuels. Since 2008 the domestic EU-27 biofuels production has
grown by roughly 10% every year, definitely less than the huge 60% yearly growth registered in 20042006 period. In absolute terms, the annual production increase has become stable in last three year
around 1000 ktoe per year. If also imports are considered, the overall amount of marketed biofuels in
EU-27 has increased by more than 2 Mtoe during the years 2006-2009 with the increase for year 2010
equal to 1.7 Mtoe leading the 2010 market expansion back to dimensions not seen since 2005.
On summary, latest trends show an overall slowing of the recent huge market expansion for biofuels in
EU-27, more evident for domestic production and an increasing importance of imports from outside
EU-27.
7
Eurostat indicators: Total imports (100300), total exports (100500)
10
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16,000
14,000
12,000
Net imports
Primary production
ktoe
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Biofuels in transport sector
In 2010 the consumption of biofuels in the transport sector amounted to 13.3 MToe in EU-27.
Biodiesel has been by far the most consumed biofuel with a share of 75% while biogasoline accounted
for 21 % and other biofuels accounting for around 4% (see Figure 13).
Germany is still the largest consumer of biofuels in EU-27 (3 MToe with a 22% share) followed by
France: 2.4 Mtoe accounting for 18 % of EU-27 consumption. Italy, Spain and UK all have a biofuels
consumption share ranging between 9 and 11 percent of the whole European market.
8
Eurostat indicators: Primary production (100100),Total imports (100300).
11
ktoe
3,500
3,000
Other liquid biofuels
2,500
Biodiesels
2,000
Biogasoline
1,500
1,000
Netherlands
Portugal
Belgium
Sweden
Austria
Poland
United Kingdom
Spain
Italy
France
Germany
0
Czech Republic
500
Figure 13 Final energy consumption of biofuels in the transport sector in the EU-27 in 2010
(Eurostat 2012). Countries not included in the figure consume less than 200 ktoe 9
Figure 14 shows the share of biofuel contribution to the overall energy consumption in transport
sector for the EU-27 countries. On average biofuels accounted for 3.6% of the energy consumed in
transport in 2010 with an increase of about 0.4% in comparison with 2009 figure. Nevertheless, the
situation is very diverse throughout Europe.
Slovakia (6%), Austria (5.4%), Poland (5%), France and Germany (4.8%), Sweden (4.4%) and
Portugal (4%) lead the way, while all other countries are below 4%, with 9 countries not reaching the
2%, in front of a compulsory target of 10% of renewable energy in transport in 2020.
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Eurostat indicators: Final energy consumption – Transport (101900).
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Countries not shown in the figure have a biofuels share smaller than 2% 10
References
Eurostat 2012: Data navigation tree at http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/ , last consultation September
2012.
10
Eurostat indicators: Final energy consumption – Transport (101900) for all products (0000) and biogasoline (5546),
biodiesel (5547), other liquid biofuels (5548).
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14
CONCENTRATED SOLAR THERMAL ELECTRICITY (CSP)
SNAPSHOT 2012
Arnulf Jäger-Waldau
European Commission, Joint Research Centre; Renewable Energy Unit
e-mail: arnulf.jaeger-waldau@ec.europa.eu
Solar thermal electric power plants are generating electricity by converting concentrated solar energy
to heat, which is converted to electricity in a conventional thermal power plant. The two major
concepts used today are Parabolic Trough power plants and Power Towers. Other concepts including
the Dish Design with a Stirling engine are researched as well, but so far no commercial plant has been
realised.
After more than 15 years, the first new major capacities of Concentrated Solar Thermal Electricity
Plants came online with Nevada One (64 MW11, USA) and the PS 10 plant (11 MW, Spain) in the first
half of 2007. In Spain the Royal Decree 661/2007 dated 25 March 2007 was a major driving force for
CSP plant constructions and the ambitious expansion plans between 2007 and early 2012 when the
Spanish Government passed the Royal Decree 1/12 [1], which suspended the remuneration preassignment procedures for new renewable energy power capacity.
At the end of September 2012 CSP plants with a cumulative capacity of about 1.73 GW were in
commercial operation in Spain about 72% of the worldwide capacity of 2.4 GW. Together with those
plants under construction and those already registered for the feed-in tariff this should bring Spain's
CSP capacity to about 2.5 GW by 2013. This capacity is equal to 60 plants which are eligible for the
feed-in tariff.
In total projects with a total capacity of 15 GW have applied for interconnection. This is in line with
the European Solar Industry Initiative, which aims at a cumulative installed CSP capacity of 30 GW in
Europe out of which 19 GW would be in Spain [2]. More than 100 projects are currently in the
planning phase mainly in Spain, North Africa and the USA.
The current average investment costs for the solar part are given in various projects at around € 4/W.
Depending whether the plant has a backup in the form of a fossil fired gas turbine and/or a thermal
storage the project costs can increase up to € 14/W.
Table 1 to 4 show the CSP plants in operation and those under construction which are scheduled to
become operational until 2013. If the announced schedules are kept, the current installed capacity of
about 1.5 GW should more than triple to 4.7 GW in 2013.
11
The capacity figures given are MWel (electric) not MWth (thermal)
15
12000
Installed Capacity [MW]
10000
8000
USA
Spain
Australia
Abu Dabi
Tunesia
Morocco
Algeria
Egypt
Jordan
Israel
China
South Africa
6000
4000
2000
0
1990
2000
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2012
2013
2015
Figure 1: Installed and planned Concentrated Solar Thermal Electricity Plants [3,4,5]
Table 1: List of plants in commercial operation [3, 4, 5]
Name of Project and
Consortium
SEGS
(Mojave Dessert, CA, USA)
Saguaro Solar Facility, Arizona
Public Service
(Red Rock, AZ, USA)
Nevada Solar One,
Acciona/Duke Energy
(Boulder City, NV, USA)
Solúcar Platform – PS 10
Abengoa; (Sanlúcar la Mayor,
Spain)
Andasol 1; Solar Millenium
(Guadix, Spain)
Kimberlina
Ausra; (Bakersfield, CA, USA)
Liddel Power Station
(Lake Liddel, Australia)
Andasol 2
Solar Millenium; (Guadix,
Spain)
Solúcar Platform – PS 20
Abengoa; (Sanlúcar la Mayor,
Spain)
Puertollano 1
Iberdrola; (Ciudad Real, Spain)
Investment
Volume
354
Start of
operation
1984 1990
parabolic
troughs
1
2006
n.a.
parabolic
troughs
64
2007
$ 266 million
11
2007
n.a.
50
2008
€ 300 million
5
2008
n.a.
2
2008
n.a.
50
2009
€ 300 million
20
2009
n.a.
50
2009
n.a.
Technology
parabolic
troughs
tower
parabolic
troughs
fresnel
reflectors
fresnel
reflectors
parabolic
troughs
tower
parabolic
troughs
16
Capacity
[MWel]
n.a.
Alvarado I; Acciona
(Alvardao, Badajoz, Spain)
Sierra Sun Tower
eSolar; (Lancaster, CA, USA)
Puerto Errado 1,
Novatec Solar (Calasparra,
Spain)
Keahole Solar Power (Hawaii,
HI, USA)
Shiraz solar power plant, Iran
Maricopa Solar, NTR
(Phoenix, AZ, USA)
Extresol 1 & 2; ACS-CobraGroup/Solar Millenium AG
(Torre de Miguel, Spain)
Solúcar Platform – Solnova 1
,3; 4, Abengoa/Schott Solar
(Sanlúcar la Mayor, Spain)
Archimedes, Sicily, Italy
La Florida, Renovables
SAMCA (Badajoz, Spain)
Hassi-R'mel I; Algéria
(Sonartrach/Abener)
Ain-Ben-Mathar, Morocco
(Abengoa/ONE)
Yazd Solar Thermal Power
Plant, Iran
Palma de Rio II, Acciona
(Palma del Río, Spain)
Majades I, Acciona (Majadas
de Tiétar, Spain)
Martin Next Generation Solar
Energy Center, FPL
(Indiantown, FL, USA)
La Dehesa, Renovables
SAMCA (La Garrovilla, Spain)
Lebrija-1, Solel/Sacyr
(Lebrija, Spain)
Manchasol 1 & 2, ACS/Cobra
Group (Alcazar de San Juan,
Spain)
parabolic
troughs
50
2009
€ 236 million
tower
5
2009
n.a.
1.4
2009
n.a.
2
2009
n.a.
0.25
2009
n.a.
1.5
2010
n.a.
100
2010
Extresol 1,
€ 300 million
150
2010
Solnova 1 & 3,
€ 400 million
5 solar
2010
€ 40 million
50
2010
n.a.
150 total, 35
solar
2010
€ 320 million
470 total,
35 solar
2010
€ 469 million
467 total
17 solar
2010
n.a.
50
2010
€ 251 million
50
2010
€ 237 million
75 solar
2010
$ 480 million
50
2011
n.a.
50
2011
$ 400 million
100
2011
n.a.
fresnel
reflector
parabolic
troughs
parabolic
troughs
dish stirling
parabolic
troughs
+ 7.5h
storage
parabolic
troughs
Gas, Solar +
storage
parabolic
troughs
+ 7.5h
storage
Solar
Combined
Cycle
Solar
Combined
Cycle
Solar
Combined
Cycle
parabolic
troughs
parabolic
troughs
ISCC
parabolic
troughs
+ 7.5h
storage
parabolic
troughs
parabolic
troughs
+ 7.5h
17
Kuraymat;
Iberdrola/Mitsui/Solar
Millenium; (Kuraymat, Egypt)
Gemasolar, Terresol Energy
(Fuentes de Andalucía, Seville,
Spain)
Palma de Rio I,
Acciona/Mitsubishi Corp.
(Cordoba, Spain)
Helioenergy 1 Abengoa (Écija,
Sapin)
Andasol 3; Solar Millenium
AG (Spain)
Valle 1 & 2; Torresolar (San
Jose de Valle, Spain)
Helioenergy 2
Abengoa (Écija, Spain)
El Reboso II, Bogaris
(La Puebla del Río, Spain)
Victorville 2
Victorville, CA (USA)
Thai Solar Energy 1, (Huai
Kachao, Kanchanaburi
Province, Thailand)
Aste 1A & 1B1
(Alcázar de San Juan, Ciudad
Real, Spain)
Puerto Errado 2
(Calasparra, Spain)
Solacor 1 & 2
(El Carpio, Córdoba, Spain)
Helios 1 & 2
(Puerto Lapice, Ciudad Real,
Spain)
Solaben 2 & 3
(Logrosan, Spain)
Moron
(Morón de la Frontera, Sevilla,
Spain)
Guzmán
(Palma del Rio, Córdoba,
Spain)
Total (October 2012)
storage
Solar
Combined
Cycle
Solar tower
with molten
salt storage
parabolic
troughs
parabolic
troughs
parabolic
troughs; solar
(90%) + gas
+ thermal
storage
parabolic
troughs
+ 7h storage
parabolic
troughs
parabolic
troughs
gas fired +
parabolic
troughs
parabolic
troughs
parabolic
troughs
+ 8h storage
fresnel
+ 0.5h
storage
parabolic
troughs
parabolic
troughs
parabolic
troughs
parabolic
troughs
parabolic
troughs
18
150 total,
25 solar
2011
solar part:
4,935 $/kW.
20
(6,500h/a
2011
€ 240 million
50
2011
€ 240 million
50
2011
€ 275 million.
50
2011
€ 300 million
100
2011
€ 660 million
50
2011
€ 275 million
50
553 total
with
50 solar
2011
€ 220 million
2011
$ 450 million
5
2012
n.a.
100
2012
n.a.
30
2012
n.a.
100
2012
n.a.
100
2012
n.a.
100
2012
> € 500 million
50
2012
n.a.
50
2,414.15
2012
n.a.
Table 2: List of projects currently under construction with projected operation [3, 4, 5]
Name of Project
Casa se los Pinos (Casa
se los Pinos, Spain)
La Africana
(Palma de Rio, Spain)
Olivenza 1
(Olivenza, Spain)
Orellana
(Orellana, Spain)
Thermosolar Borges
(Borges Blaques, Spain)
Extresol 3; ACS-CobraGroup (Torre de Miguel,
Spain)
Shams 1
(Madinat Zayed, UAE)
Solaben 1& 6
(Logrosan, Spain)
Termosol 1
(Navallvialr de Pela,
Spain)
Cáceres, (Galisteo y
Valdeobispo, Spain)
Kogan Creek
(Kogan Creek, Australia)
Godawari Solar Project
(Naukh, India)
Agua Prieta II
(Agua Prieta, Mexico)
Abengoa Mojave Project
(Harper Dry Lake, CA,
USA)
Ivanpah 1, 2 & 3,
Ivanpah Solar, San
Bernardino, CA (USA)
Total
Technology
Parabolic
Dish
parabolic
troughs
parabolic
troughs
parabolic
troughs
parabolic
troughs
+ biogas
parabolic
troughs
+ 7.5h storage
parabolic
trough
parabolic
troughs
parabolic
troughs
+ 9h storage
parabolic
troughs
Capacity
[MWel]
1
50
behind schedule
Construction 2011
Operation 2012
Construction 2011
Operation 2012
Construction 2011
Operation 2012
22.5
Construction 2009
Operation 2012
50
50
50
100
100
Construction 2009
operation 2012
Construction 2010
Operation 2012
Construction 2011
Operation 2013
Investment
Volume
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
€ 150 million
€ 300 million
$ 600 million
> € 500
million
14
Construction 2011
Operation 2013
Construction 2011
Operation 2013
Construction 2011
Operation 2013
Construction 2011
Operation 2013
Construction 2011
Operation 2013
250
Construction 2010
Operation 2013
n.a.
370
Construction 2010
Operation 2013
n.a.
50
50
Fresnel
parabolic
trough
parabolic
trough
parabolic
troughs
solar tower +
gas-fired
start-up boiler
Start of
construction
and/or operation
44
50
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
1,251.5
In December 2009 the World Bank's Clean Technology Fund (CTF) Trust Fund Committee endorsed a
CTD resource envelope for projects and programmes in five countries in the Middle East and North
Africa to implement CSP [6]. The budget envelope proposes CTF co-financing of $ 750 million (€ 600
million12), which should mobilize an additional $ 4.85 billion (€ 3.88 billion) from other sources and
help to install more than 1.1 GW of CSP by 2020.
12
Exchange rate 1 € = 1.25 $
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As a follow up to this initiative, the World Bank commissioned and published a report early 2011
about the Local Manufacturing Potential in the MENA region [7]. The report concludes: MENA could
become home to a new industry with great potential in a region with considerable solar energy
resources. If the CSP market increases rapidly in the next few years, the region could benefit from
significant job and wealth creation, as well as from enough power supply to satisfy the growing
demand, while the world‘s renewable energy sector would benefit from increased competition and
lower costs in CSP equipment manufacturing.
Within just a few years, the CSP industry has grown from negligible activity to over 3.5 GWe either
commissioned or under construction. More than ten different companies are now active in building or
preparing for commercial-scale plants, compared to perhaps only two or three who were in a position
to develop and build a commercial-scale plant a few years ago. These companies range from large
organizations with international construction and project management expertise who have acquired
rights to specific technologies, to start-ups based on their own technology developed in house. In
addition, major renewable energy independent power producers such as Acciona, and utilities such as
Iberdrola and Florida Power & Light (FLP) are making plays through various mechanisms for a role in
the market.
The supply chain is not limited by raw materials, because the majority of required materials are glass,
steel/aluminum, and concrete. At present, evacuated tubes for trough plants can be produced at a
sufficient rate to service several hundred MW/yr. However, expanded capacity can be introduced
fairly readily through new factories with an 18-month lead time.
Important!
The amount of delivered electricity of a solar thermal power plant strongly depends whether or not the
plant has a thermal storage and/or a fossil – generally gas – back-up. The solar fraction of electricity
production in southern Spain and the projects in California and Nevada are expected to be between
2000 and 2100 KWh annually per kW installed capacity.
References
[1]
Spanish
Royal
Decree
1/12,
published
on
28
January
2012
http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2012/01/28/pdfs/BOE-A-2012-1310.pdf
[2]
European Solar Thermal Electricity Association (ESTELA), 2009, A European Solar Industry
Initiative Contributing to the European Commission ”Strategic Energy Technology Plan”,
http://www.estelasolar.eu/
[3]
NREL Concentrating Solar Power Project List
http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/
[4]
Protemosolar, http://www.protermosolar.com
[5]
Company web-sites and their respective press releases as well as own investigations.
[6]
The World Bank, Climate Investment Fund, Clean Technology Investment Plan for
Concentrated Solar Power in the Middle East and North Africa Region, 2009
http://www.climateinvestmentfunds.org/cif/sites/climateinvestmentfunds.org/files/mna_csp_ctf_invest
ment_plan_kd_120809.pdf
http://www.climateinvestmentfunds.org/cif/sites/climateinvestmentfunds.org/files/CTF_MENA2-2510.pdf
[7]
The World Bank, January 2011, Middle East and North Africa Region – Assessment of the
Local Manufacturing Potential for Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Projects
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Technical Annex:
Trough Systems
The sun's energy is concentrated by parabolically curved, trough-shaped reflectors onto a receiver pipe
running along the focal plane of the curved surface. This energy heats oil or another medium flowing
through the pipe and the heat energy is then used to generate electricity in a conventional steam
generator.
Power Tower Systems
The sun's energy is concentrated by a field of hundreds or even thousands of mirrors called heliostats
onto a receiver on top of a tower. This energy heats molten salt flowing through the receiver and the
salt's heat energy is then used to generate electricity in a conventional steam generator. The molten salt
retains heat efficiently, so it can be stored for hours or even days before being used to generate
electricity.
Dish/Engine Systems
A dish/engine system is a stand-alone unit composed primarily of a collector, a receiver and an engine.
The sun's energy is collected and concentrated by a dish-shaped surface onto a receiver that absorbs
the energy and transfers it to the engine's working fluid. The engine converts the heat to mechanical
power in a manner similar to conventional engines—that is, by compressing the working fluid when it
is cold, heating the compressed working fluid, and then expanding it through a turbine or with a piston
to produce work. The mechanical power is converted to electrical power by an electric generator or
alternator.
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22
SNAPSHOT ON EUROPEAN SOLAR HEAT 2012
J.J. Bloem
European Commission, Joint Research Centre; Renewable Energy Unit
e-mail: hans.bloem@jrc.ec.europa.eu
Introduction
To have an impression of the status of the solar thermal market in Europe for the year 2011,
information has been gathered from different sources. The available data reflects the capacity of
installed installations and not directly the energy produced or consumed from solar thermal systems.
The available data over the past years give a clear trend that can be linked to the 2020 targets set by
the Member States.
Annual data is available from National Energy Agencies, solar thermal industry and collected by
several organizations, like IEA, ECN and EurObservER.
This snapshot not only gives the 2011 status but intends to give also the market developing trend in the
context of the 2020 targets.
As defined in Article 4 of the European Renewable Energy Directive
(2009/28/EC) each European Member State has provided a National
Renewable Energy Action Plan (NREAP) to the European Commission,
detailing projections for renewable energy development up to the year 2020.
The National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAPs) are documents in
which European Member States explain how they intend to reach their
renewable energy targets for the year 2020 and the paths towards them.
A lot is expected in the coming 8 years from Italy, France, Spain and Poland to reach the 2020 targets
to which solar heat might contribute importantly.
Solar thermal
After the impressive growth developments for the year 2008 the solar thermal market in Europe
decreased during the following 3 years (2009-2011) as reported by the European Solar Thermal
Industry Federation (ESTIF 13 www.estif.org). These figures indicate that solar thermal is suffering
from the present economic situation in Europe.
The total market for glazed collectors in the 27 EU Member States and Switzerland increased with 2.6
GWth of new capacity (4,27 million m2 of collector area). The total capacity in operation at the end of
2011 reached 26.3 GWth (31.6 million m2 of collector area). The various national markets developed
quite differently from one another. The German market has continued to grow while the demand for
solar thermal technology increased strongly in smaller markets also, such as Poland and Slovakia.
Mediterranean countries as Italy, Spain and Portugal show a notable decrease of growth.
Copyright for figures and tables 2012 © European Solar Thermal Industry Federation (ESTIF) Rue d'Arlon
63-67 - B-1040 Bruxelles.
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EU projects have been supporting the development of reliable databases for solar
thermal collectors [8]. Usually information is available in m2 and kWth and energy
produced by type of collector (glazed, unglazed & vacuum) from the Member States.
The International Energy Agency's Solar Heating & Cooling Programme, together with
ESTIF and other major solar thermal trade associations have decided to publish
statistics in kWth (kilowatt thermal) and have agreed to use a factor of 0.7 kWth/ m2 to
convert square meters of collector area into kWth.
Market development
Concerning solar thermal systems the market in 2011 was flat. In some countries solar thermal
technology has become an obligation for construction of new buildings however the construction
industry has been reduced dramatically. Solar thermal systems in the built environment are used for:
x
x
x
Domestic Hot Water systems (DHW), being the major application.
Space Heating, mainly in Northern Europe
Space Cooling in the Mediterranean area although at marginal level
The applied solar thermal technology can be distinguished in:
x
x
x
x
Flat glazed thermo-siphon systems of about 2-3 m2 can be found mostly in Southern Europe.
Flat glazed forced circulation systems of about 2-6 m2 is installed in Mid- and Northern Europe.
Evacuated Tube Collectors which have about 15% higher efficiency in south Europe and about
30% in northern Europe than the flat plate collector.
Unglazed collectors.
Evacuated Tube Collectors take about 11% of the total collector sales in 2011 and keeps this share
with the flat plate collector market over the past 5 years. By far, most of the systems are used for
Domestic Hot Water (90%). Other applications are space heating (in almost all cases these are
combined systems) and pool water heating (mostly by unglazed collectors). Table 1 gives figures for
the market development for flat plate (glazed) and vacuum collectors.
Table 1. Market development for glazed collectors for the most recent years.
GW
Total installed capacity
annual growth
2006
12.7
2007
14.8
2.08
2008
18.2
3.34
24
2009
21.1
2.97
2010
23.7
2.6
2011
26.3
2.56
Figure 1. Market share in 2011
Figure 2. EU Market development
Over the last 5 years the installed solar thermal collector capacity has more or less doubled. However
with an average annual growth of 2.7 GW the 2020 target will be missed. The market development
might be further hampered by the present economic crisis.
80
Solar Thermal Energy
70
EurObservER
ESTIF market survey
NREAP ECN 2011
TWh,th
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2005
2010
Year
2015
2020
Figure 3. Expected Market development according to NREAP and other projections
In 2011, the installed solar thermal capacity of the top five countries accounted for about 78% of the
total – (Germany, Austria, Spain, Italy, Greece). From the big EU countries, Poland is seen amongst
the top solar thermal markets whereas despite their strong growth in previous years, the market in
Spain and Italy has slowed down dramatically.
Further information
Heat dominates energy end use. Empirical data from final energy consumption shows that heat takes
about half of the total consumption.
25
Table 2. Final energy consumption. Data Source: Elaborated data from Eurostat
Electricity
Heat
Fuel for transport
Final energy consumption share [%]
20
48
32
Despite its relevant share in the total heat demand, the domestic hot water consumption remains an
unknown factor, as no recent and reliable survey regarding this consumption exists. A detailed
assessment of this parameter at national and European level would contribute to a better understanding
of the heat market.
Solar thermal provides in general low temperature heat and in addition could assist to cooling [9].
The EC-JRC has published recently a report on heating and cooling techniques in SETIS [10]. As heat
accounts for nearly 50% of Europe’s overall energy demand, major investments are needed in
renewable heating and cooling technologies to meet the 20-20-20 targets, to secure energy supply in
Europe and to significantly reduce CO2 emissions. However the economic crisis is hampering a sound
development of the solar thermal market.
Solar yield for solar thermal collectors.
For the assessment of renewable energy from solar thermal collectors, the solar yield is an important
factor. A proper way to valuate this factor would be to take the solar irradiation for the optimal
inclination. For glazed solar collectors this will be the inclination during the coldest month, usually
January. In figure 4 an impression is given for Europe how much thermal energy would be produced
by 1 m2 of solar collectors.
A further remark has to be made concerning the optimal inclination because of its definition as the
angle that produces the most energy over the whole year. However during the winter months the low
level of solar radiation at this inclination is not sufficient to fulfil the request for hot water, and
therefore the angle of the solar collectors might be more inclined for more efficiency in the winter than
in the summer months.
This radiation map indicates also that for big countries, such as Italy, one solar yield can not be
applied but at least three. However to estimate the contribution to the renewable energy target by solar
thermal collectors the amount of m2 should be available per area or region.
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Figure 4: Yearly global irradiation at optimal inclination for solar energy applications. See also [5]
Note that roughly a factor 2 can be applied when Northern Europe is compared with the Mediterranean
area. In practice this means that a house-owner in Scandinavia will need twice more m2 of solar
collectors than in Southern Europe to achieve the same capacity.
References
[1]
European Renewable Energy Directive (2009/28/EC)
[2]
Solar Thermal Barometer, Systèmes Solaires le journal des énergies renouvelables N° 197 – 2010,
May 2010, ISSN 0295-5873
[3]
Solar Thermal Markets in Europe 2011. European Solar Thermal Industry Federation
www.estif.org/statistics/st_markets_in_europe_2011/
[4]
ECN-E--10-069; Report on NREAP by Member States. Solar Thermal ; pages 159-163
http://www.ecn.nl/docs/library/report/2010/e10069.pdf
[5]
European Commission, DG Joint Research Centre, PV GIS http://re.jrc.cec.eu.int/pvgis/pv/
[7]
Observatoire des énergies renouvelables; EurObserveÉR, May 2012,
http://www.eurobserv-er.org/pdf/baro209-ST_H.pdf
[8]
IEA statistics 2009. On-line service http://www.iea.org/stats/renewdata.asp
[9]
Solar Heat Worldwide 2010; edition May 2012. International Energy Agency, Solar Heating &
Cooling Programme
http://www.iea-shc.org/publications/downloads/Solar_Heat_Worldwide-2010.pdf
[10] EC-JRC. SETIS Best available technologies for the heat and cooling market in the European Union.
Report EUR 25407 (2012)
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28
PHOTOVOLTAIC SNAPSHOT 2012
Arnulf Jäger-Waldau
European Commission, Joint Research Centre; Renewable Energy Unit
e-mail : arnulf.jaeger-waldau@ec.europa.eu
Production data for the global cell production 14 in 2011 vary between 30 GW and 37 GW and
estimates for 2012 are in the 35 to 40 GW range. The significant uncertainty in this data is due to the
highly competitive market environment, as well as the fact that some companies report shipment
figures, while others report sales and again others report production figures. 2011 was characterised by
a sluggish first half year and a boom in the fourth quarter of 2011. During the first three quarters of
2012 the market outlook for the current year improved considerably and especially in Asia a strong 4th
quarter is predicted, mainly due to increased demand in China and Japan.
The data presented, collected from stock market reports of listed companies, market reports and
colleagues, were compared to various data sources and thus led to an estimate of 35 GW (Fig. 1),
representing an increase of 37% compared to 2010 and another moderate increase is expected for
2012.
40
Rest of World
United States
Malaysia
Japan
Europe
Taiwan
PR China
Annual Production [GW]
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
2000
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012 e
Figure 1: World PV Cell/Module Production from 2000 to 2012
(data source: Photon Magazine [1], PV Activities in Japan [2], PV News [3] and own analysis)
Since 2000, total PV production increased almost by two orders of magnitude, with annual growth
rates between 40% and 90%. The most rapid growth in annual production over the last five years
14
Solar cell production capacities mean:
- In the case of wafer silicon based solar cells, only the cells
- In the case of thin-films, the complete integrated module
- Only those companies which actually produce the active circuit (solar cell) are counted
- Companies which purchase these circuits and make cells are not counted.
29
could be observed in Asia, where China and Taiwan together now account for more than 65% of
world-wide production.
The change of the market from a supply restricted – to a demand-driven market and the resulting
overcapacity for solar modules has resulted in a dramatic price reduction of PV systems of more than
50% over the last four years. In the second quarter of 2012, the average system price for systems
smaller 100 kWp was in the range of 1.78 €/Wp (2.3 $/Wp) in Germany and 2.30 €/Wp (3.0 $/Wp) in
Italy, but between 6 and 6.5 $/Wp (4.6 – 5.0 €/Wp) in California and Japan [4, 5]. Bloomberg New
Energy Finance expects a further price reduction there in-line with the decrease of incentives.
Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) quotes for large systems are already much lower
and turnkey system prices as low as 1 €/Wp (1.3 $/Wp) have been reported for projects to be finished
in 2013 [4].
Market predictions for the 2012 PV market vary between 20.2 GW and 40.2 GW [6, 7] with a
consensus value in the 30 GW range. For 2013 analysts expect a flat market or even shrinking market
due the expected market size reductions in Germany and Italy. Despite these forecasts, massive
capacity increases are still ongoing or announced and if all of them are realised, the world-wide
production capacity for solar cells would exceed 80 GW at the end of 2012. This indicates that even
with the optimistic market growth expectations, the planned capacity increases are way above the
market growth. The consequence would be either low utilisation rates or the build up of high
inventories resulting in a continued price pressure in an oversupplied market. Such a development will
accelerate the consolidation of the photovoltaics industry and spur more mergers and acquisitions.
Despite the fact that a significant number of companies filed for insolvency, scaled back or even
cancelled their expansion projects, the number of new entrants into the field, notably large
semiconductor or energy related companies overcompensated this. The announced production
capacities – based on a survey of more than 300 companies worldwide – increased again in 2012. At
least on paper the expected production capacities are increasing. Only published announcements of the
respective companies and no third source info were used. The cut-off date of the used info was
September 2012.
It is important to note, that production capacities are often announced, taking into account different
operation models such as number of shifts, operating hours per year, etc. In addition the
announcements of the increase in production capacity do not always specify when the capacity will be
fully ramped up and operational. This method has of course the setback that a) not all companies
announce their capacity increases in advance and b) that in times of financial tightening, the
announcements of the scale back of expansion plans are often delayed in order not to upset financial
markets. Therefore, the capacity figures just give a trend, but do not represent final numbers.
If all these ambitious plans can be realised by 2015, China will have about 61.1% of the world-wide
production capacity of 119 GW, followed by Taiwan (14.3%), Europe and Japan (5.5%) (Fig. 2).
30
Annual Production/Production Capacity [MW]
120,000
100,000
China
Japan
South Korea
Taiwan
Malaysia
India
Europe
USA
ROW
80,000
60,000
40,000
20,000
0
Production
2011
Planned
Capacity
2011
Planned
Capacity
2012
Planned
Capacity
2013
Planned
Capacity
2014
Planned
Capacity
2015
Figure 2: World-wide PV Production and planned production capacity increases
All these ambitious plans to increase production capacities at such a rapid pace depend on the
expectations that markets will grow accordingly. This, however, is the biggest uncertainty as the
market estimates for 2012 and 2013 vary between 20 GW and 40 GW with a consensus value in the
30 GW range respectively. In addition, most markets are still dependent on public support in the form
of feed-in tariffs, investment subsidies or tax-breaks.
After the world-wide photovoltaic market more than doubled in 2010, the market grew again by
almost 30% in 2011, despite difficult economic conditions. The 2010 market volume of 20.9 GW
includes those systems in Italy, which were reported under the second "conto energia" and probably
already installed, but not yet connected. The continuation of the strong market in Italy and a year-end
rush in Germany, where in the 4th quarter about 4GW (3 GW in December alone) in conjunction with
rapidly growing markets outside Europe in China and the USA resulted in a new installed capacity of
almost 27 GW and for 2012, a modest increase to about 30 GW is expected (Fig. 3). This represents
mostly the grid connected photovoltaic market. To what extent the off-grid and consumer product
markets are included is not clear, but it is believed that a substantial part of these markets are not
accounted for as it is very difficult to track them. A conservative estimate is that they account for
approx. 400 to 800 MW (approx. 1-200 MW off-grid rural, approx. 1-200 MW
communication/signals, approx. 100 MW off-grid commercial and approx. 1-200 MW consumer
products).
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Annual Photovoltaic Installations [MWp]
30000
Rest of Europe
Italy
Spain
Germany
Rest of World
China
United States
Japan
25000
20000
15000
10000
5000
0
2000
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012 e
Figure 3: Annual photovoltaic installations from 2000 to 2012 (data source: [6,7,8] and own analysis)
With a cumulative installed capacity of over 66 GW, the European Union is leading in PV installations
with 2/3 of the total world wide almost 100 GW of solar photovoltaic electricity generation capacity at
the end of 2012.
Cumulative Photovoltaic Installations [MWp]
100,000
90,000
Rest of Europe
Italy
Spain
Germany
Rest of World
China
United States
Japan
80,000
70,000
60,000
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
0
2000
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012 e
Figure 4: Cumulative Photovoltaic Installations from 2000 to 2012 (data source: [6, 7, 8] and own
analysis)
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The Asia & Pacific Region shows an increasing trend in photovoltaic electricity system installations.
There are a number of reasons for this development, ranging from declining system prices, heightened
awareness, favourable policies and the sustained use of solar power for rural electrification projects.
Countries such as Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand,
The Philippines and Vietnam show a very positive upward trend, thanks to increasing governmental
commitment towards the promotion of solar energy and the creation of sustainable cities.
The introduction or expansion of feed-in-tariffs is expected to be an additional big stimulant for ongrid solar PV system installations for both distributed and centralised solar power plants in countries
such as Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan and South Korea.
In 2011 about 5.3 GW of new PV electricity generation systems were installed in the region. This was
more than double the installation in 2010. The largest market was China with 2.4 GW followed by
Japan with 1.3 GW MW and Australia with 840 MW. For 2012 a market increase to about 10 GW is
expected, driven by the major market growth in China (~ 5 to 6 GW), India (1 GW), Japan (> 2GW),
Malaysia and Thailand. Market expectations for the region range between 10 to 14 GW in 2013.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) launched an Asian Solar Energy Initiative (ASEI) in 2010,
which should lead to the installation of 3 GW of solar power by 2012 [9]. In their report, ADB states:
Overall, ASEI aims to create a virtuous cycle of solar energy investments in the region, toward
achieving grid parity, so that ADB developing member countries optimally benefit from this clean,
inexhaustible energy resource.
European Union: Market conditions for photovoltaics differ substantially from country to country.
This is due to different energy policies and public support programmes for renewable energies and
especially photovoltaics, as well as the varying grades of liberalisation of domestic electricity markets.
After a tenfold increase of solar photovoltaic electricity generation capacity between 2001 and 2008,
the newly installed capacity increased more than sixfold in the last four years to exceed 66 GW
cumulative installed capacity at the end of 2012.
The legal framework for the overall increase of renewable energy sources was set with the Directive
2009/28/EC, and in their National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAPs), 26 Member States
have set specific photovoltaic solar energy targets, adding up to 84.5 GW in 2020. However, since the
submission of the NREAPs in 2010 a number of positive signs have emerged for PV. In Italy, the
cumulative installed capacity by October 2012 has already reached 16 GW or double the NREAP
target. In August 2011 Greece announced the "Helios" project, which aims to install up to 10 GW of
PV electricity systems on public land by 2020.These developments indicate that the targets set in the
NREAPs should be seen as the guaranteed minimum and not the overall goal.
In 2011 Italy overtook Germany as the biggest market with an expected new connected capacity of 9.2
GW versus 7.5 GW respectively. For 2012 about 4.5 GW for Italy and 6 to 7 GW for Germany are
estimated. The market growth in these two countries is directly correlated to the introduction of the
Renewable Energy Sources Act or "Erneuerbare Energien Gesetz" (EEG) in Germany in 2000 and the
Conto Energia in Italy in 2005.
North America: In 2011, Canada almost doubled its cumulative installed PV capacity to about 560
MW, with 270 MW new installed systems. For 2012 a further increase of the market to 500 to
600 MW is estimated. This development is driven by the introduction of a feed-in tariff in the
Province of Ontario in 2009.
With over 1.8 GW of new installed PV capacity, the USA reached a cumulative PV capacity of almost
4.4 GW at the end of 2011. Utility PV installations again more than tripled, compared to 2010 and
reached 754 MW in 2011. The top ten States - California, New Jersey, Arizona, New Mexico,
Colorado, Pennsylvania, New York, North Carolina, Texas and Nevada, accounted for more than 87%
of the US PV market [10]. For 2012 an increase of the US market to 3.5 GW is estimated.
PV projects with Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), with a total capacity of 9 GW, are already
under contract and to be completed by 2016. Over 3 GW of these projects are already financed and
under construction [10]. If one adds the over 30 GW of projects in an earlier planning stage, which are
actively seeking permits, interconnection agreements, PPAs and finance, the pipeline stands at 39 GW.
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Many State and Federal policies and programmes exist and one of the most comprehensive databases
about the different support schemes in the US is maintained by the Solar Centre of the State University
of North Carolina. The Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE) is a
comprehensive source of information on State, local, utility, and selected Federal incentives that
promote renewable energy. All the different support schemes are described therein and it is highly
recommended to visit the DSIRE web-site http://www.dsireusa.org/ and the corresponding interactive
tables and maps for details.
The 2013 market expectations for Canada and the USA together vary between 4.5 and 5.5 GW.
The Photovoltaic Industry has changed dramatically over the last few years. China has become the
major manufacturing place followed by Taiwan and Japan.
Looking at Photovoltaics it is important to remember, that the PV industry is more than just cell and
module manufacturing and to grasp the whole picture one has to look at the whole PV value chain.
Besides the information in this paper about the manufacturing of solar cells, the whole upstream
industry (e.g. materials, polysilicon production, equipment manufacturing), as well as the downstream
industry (e.g. inverters, BOS components, system development, installations) has to be looked at as
well.
In the following analysis about "European Value"of a PV system, a PV system price of 2,300 €/kWp –
the situation in Italy mid 2012 – taken from Bloomberg New Energy Finance [11] was used. The cost
breakdown of the 2.3 €/Wp system costs per Wp are as follows (Fig. 5): € 0.99 module, € 0.2 inverter,
€ 0.51 balance of system (BoS), € 0.42 engineering, procurement & construction, € 0.18 (others, e.g.
fees, insurance, etc.). For the module costs, it was assumed that even if the modules are imported,
about 25% of the module cost can be attributed to the European made manufacturing equipment,
materials production like polysilicon or ingot/wafer production, conductive pastes etc. For inverters
and the BoS a European share of 90% was estimated. With these assumptions, the European value in
the PV system costs was calculated at 65% or 1.50 €/Wp.
65%
PV System Cost: € 2.30 €/W
€/W
EU:
€1.50
Non-EU: €0.80
Other (Fees, Insurances..)
2.50
2.00
Engineering, Procurement &
Construction
1.50
Balance of Systems
1.00
Inverter
0.50
0.00
PV Module
Figure 5: Breakdown of PV system costs
This calculation is in agreement with calculations presented by Vanbuggenhout et al at the 27th
European Photovoltaic Energy Conference and Exhibition, 24 to 28 September 2012, Frankfurt,
Germany [12]. The estimated market volume is about € 42.5 billion and does not include "Value Chain
Services" (incl. transportation, storage, distribution) nor operation and maintenance (O&M) services,
which could add another € 9 to 10 billion with more than 80% European share in it [12].
According to investment analysts and industry prognoses, solar energy will continue to grow at high
rates in the coming years. The different Photovoltaic Industry Associations, as well as Greenpeace, the
European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) and the International Energy Agency, have developed
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new scenarios for the future growth of PV. Table 1 shows the different scenarios of the
Greenpeace/EREC study, as well as the different 2011 IEA World Energy Outlook scenarios and the
IEA PV Technology Roadmap. It is interesting to note that the 2015 capacity values of only two
scenarios the Greenpeace [revolution] and IEA New Policy Scenarios are net reached at the end of
2012. With forecasted new installation of between 79 and 100 GW in 2013 to 2015 even the
Greenpeace revolution scenario is no longer fictional thinking [4, 6].
Table 1: Evolution of the cumulative solar electrical capacities until 2050 [13, 14, 15]
Year
2012
[GW]
2015
[GW]
2020
[GW]
2030
[GW]
2035
[GW]
Actual Installations
100
Greenpeace*
(reference scenario)
88
124
234
290
Greenpeace* ([r]evolution
scenario)
234
674
1,764
2,420
IEA Current Policy Scenario**
60
161
268
314
IEA New Policy Scenario
112
184
385
499
IEA 450ppm Scenario**
70
220
625
901
IEA PV Technology
Roadmap***
76
210
872
1,330
* 2035 values are extrapolated, as only 2030 and 2040 values are given
** 2015 values are extrapolated, as only 2009 and 2020 values are given
*** 2015 and 2035 values are extrapolated, as only 2010, 2020, 2030 and 2040 values are given
With worldwide 100 GW cumulative installed photovoltaic electricity generation capacity installed by
the end of 2012, photovoltaics still is a small contributor to the electricity supply, but its importance
for our future energy mix is finally acknowledged.
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2012 SNAPSHOT ON EUROPEAN WIND ENERGY
Arnulf Jäger-Waldau
European Commission, Joint Research Centre; Renewable Energy Unit
e-mail: arnulf.jaeger-waldau@ec.europa.eu
Roberto Lacal Arantegui
European Commission, Joint Research Centre; Energy System Evaluation Unit
e-mail: Roberto.lacal-arantegui@ec.europa.eu
The state of play
Between 40.5 GW [1] and 41.7 GW [2], depending on the sources, of new wind turbine capacity was
installed in 2011, bringing the worldwide total installed wind capacity to 240 GW (Figure 1). This
capacity can produce about 528 TWh15 of electricity in an average year, or approximately 2.7 % of
global electricity demand.
With almost 18 GW of new installations, China had a 42 % market share of new installations, followed
by the US with 6.8 MW (16 %) and India with 3 MW (7.5 %). European Union Member States added
9 618 MW (24 %), with Germany (2 086 MW), the UK (1 293 MW), and Spain (1 050 MW) as main
contributors. Another four EU countries added 500 MW or more: Italy (950 MW) France (850 MW),
Sweden (763 MW), and Romania (520 MW). Other European countries and Turkey added 665 MW.
Of the rest of the world, Canada with 1 267 MW (3 %) and Brazil (583 MW) also surpassed the 500MW mark.
Cumulative Installed Power [MW]
The total value of new generation capacity installed in 2011 is estimated at €50-52 billion, giving an
average turbine price of around €1 240/kW.
250 000
ROW
200 000
China
India
150 000
USA
100 000
Europe
50 000
0
1990
1995
2000
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Figure 1: Cumulative worldwide installed wind power capacity from 1990 to 2011 Data Source:
BTM, GWEC, WWEA, EWEA [1, 2, 3, 4]
15
Assuming an average capacity factor of 2200 hours or 25 %.
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China increased its lead over the United States in terms of installed capacity (62.4 vs. 47.1 GW, see
Figure 1), although an estimated 15 GW of non-grid-connected wind turbines in China puts both
countries on a par in terms of operational capacity. They were followed by Germany (29.1 GW), Spain
(21.7 GW) and India (16.1 GW).
The shift in market weight towards Asia is reflected in the variations in installed capacity. After
Europe led the world market in 2004 with 75 % of new installations, in five years Europe, North
America and Asia reached an almost even distribution of annual market shares. By 2011, Asia
dominated installations with almost 52 %, whereas the North American share sharply declined to 20 %,
leaving Europe with 25 %.
In terms of percentage annual growth, in 2011, the European Union’s wind capacity grew by 11.4 %,
well below the global average of 20.5 %. The total EU capacity of 94 GW is equal to 10 % of the total
European electricity generation capacity [4] and is capable of producing approximately 178 TWh16 of
electricity or roughly 6 % of European electricity consumption.
The German market still represented 22 % of the EU market in 2011 (with year-on-year growth of
40 %), while the other traditional leader, the Spanish market, fell to third position with 11 % (y-o-y
reduction of 30 %), after the United Kingdom’s 13.5 % (y-o-y +30 %). Italy with 10 % (y-o-y 0 %) and
France with 8.5 % (y-o-y -24 %), complete the group of five EU countries with more than 5 GW
installed capacity at the end of 2011.
Figures for offshore wind installations vary widely depending on the source, due to the different
methodologies used. Based on the date that turbines start producing electricity, 2011 saw a
disappointing performance with a 30 % reduction in installed capacity from 1 242 to 876 MW. The
latter figure includes the 382 MW installed in 2011 out of the 504 MW total of the UK’s Greater
Gabbard wind farm which, if shifted to 2012, leaves the 2011 figure at an even more disappointing
total of 504 MW worldwide.
Table 1: Annual installations offshore, in MW. 2012 data are for first quarter only.
Country
Belgium
China
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Ireland
Netherlands
Norway
South Korea
Sweden
UK
Total
< 2001 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
30
69
10
40 160 210
230
1
30
5
60
25
19
108
120
2
2010 2011
165
272 114
207
2
40
88
2012
5
2
3
4
37
11
51
10
170
60
270
60
86
90
90
90
198
16
110
100
210
155
30
382
803
556
1242
667
876
234
234
Assuming a capacity factor of 1890 hours, equal to the European average for the years 2000-2009.
Source: JRC based on Eurostat and industry data.
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Total
195
455
858
33
193
25
252
2
2
164
2242
4423
Denmark’s Vestas continued to defend its top manufacturing position, followed by Goldwind of China
and GE Wind of the US (Error! Reference source not found.). The high contribution of the Chinese
market to global installations (42 %) resulted in Chinese manufacturers accounting for four of the top
10 wind turbine manufacturers (and seven of the top 15) [2], including Sinovel (7), Guodian United
Power (8) and Ming Yang (10). However, this world ranking is actually the result of Chinese firms’
dominance of their national market (91 % in 2011) [5] and Chinese firms commissioned less than 100
MW outside China in 2011 [6]. This figure is less than 0.6 % of the total 16 000 MW installed by
Chinese firms [5, 6]. By contrast, foreign firms installed 1 626 MW in China, a reduction of 19 %
over the 2 000 MW installed in 2010.17
A significant difference in the 2011 statistics compared with those for previous years is the
coincidence among main providers of data, who see a 12.9 % share for the market leader, Vestas, with
the next eight manufacturers grouped very closely together, mostly between 7 and 9 % of the global
market.
Analysis and projections
Annual market projections are now a little less optimistic than two years ago, with BTM Consult
expecting 2014 installations of 52 GW, whereas two years ago that figure was estimated at 71 GW [2,
7]. Factors that influence current projections include an expected reduction of the annual Chinese
market to between 15 and 18 GW, and an increase in India and other emerging markets. Asia as well
could see a radical change as the Japanese society rejects nuclear power and looks to renewables to fill
the gap left by the future reduction of nuclear electricity. Japan, a traditional mid-market with 2 500
MW of total wind installed capacity (168 MW in 2011), just introduced a generous feed-in-tariff of
23100 JPY/MWh (€227/MWh) for 20 years [8] which should boost the Japanese market for years to
come.
Over the last few years, European installations have remained at between 9 and 10 GW. Stability is
likely in Europe, with offshore wind and new onshore markets (countries) pushing up annual figures to
around 10-12 GW per year despite a reduction in installations expected in current leading markets.
In North America, the US market will likely stagnate in the absence of an extension to their main
support mechanism, the Production Tax Credit (PTC), beyond the end of 2012, and, in any case, the
current standoff in its extension is already strongly discouraging projects for 2013. Canada and
Mexico, by contrast, are showing signs of increased growth and very positive projections, in some
cases aided by know-how (e.g. developers’ know-how) escaping from the stagnating US market.
17
Note that, given the specificities of the Chinese market –where installed does not necessarily involve
‘commissioned’ or ‘grid-connected’, Chinese figures correspond to installed turbines whereas the market outside
China is made up of grid-connected turbines.
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Dongfang; XEMC; 1.8%
2.3%
SEwind; 1.8%
Nordex; 2.4%
Ming Yang
2.9%
Enercon-India;
1.7%
Others; 11.6%
Vestas; 12.9%
Siemens; 6.3%
United Power;
7.1%
Goldwind 9.4%
Sinovel; 7.3%
GE Wind; 8.8%
Enercon; 7.9%
Gamesa; 8.2%
Suzlon; 7.7%
Figure 2: Market shares of manufacturers 2011 (41.7 GW of installations) [2]. Suzlon data includes its
subsidiary REpower (Germany)
Wind power is the fastest-growing source of power generation in Brazil. In 2011, 50 % of all newly
installed wind power in Central and South-America was in Brazil. At the end of 2011, there were
approximately 1.5 GW of installed capacity, another 7 GW in the pipeline by 2016, and the projections
for cumulative installed capacity in 2020 are for more than 15 GW.
The two leading African markets per installed capacity, Egypt and Morocco, experienced zero growth
in 2011 and remained at 550 and 290 MW respectively. However, perspectives are good as Egypt is
planning to increase this capacity to about 2.7 GW by 2016 and 7.2 GW by 2020 and in Morocco in
early 2012 three projects were signed, which would more than double this capacity by 2013. In
addition, a 850-MW tender was published as part of a push to reach 2 GW of wind power capacity by
2020.
In 2011, South Africa accepted bids for 1.8 GW of wind projects to be realised by 2016, which have to
close financing by June 2012. As a result of the first renewable energy project bidding round, projects
with 630 MW of wind power have been awarded contracts. The results of the second bidding round in
2012 are not yet known, but could add another 05. to 1 GW of capacity.
Despite the reduction of annual growth rates, world and European 2020 targets are still feasible. These
are 230 GW for the EU, of which 40 GW offshore, and 670 GW globally, of which 110 GW offshore
[9].
The wind turbine-manufacturing sector currently has production overcapacity, particularly in China, as
markets did not grow as fast as production capacities. Players in China, the largest world market, are
under additional pressure as its size is expected to decrease because of the new legislation put in place
by the Chinese government to improve management of installations and grid connection. Taken
together, these factors should result in sector consolidation, along with an increase in Chinese
companies' exports that will further result in price pressure for European manufacturers both at home
and abroad.
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Chinese manufacturers will start seriously grabbing a part of the market outside their home country,
starting with the technologies that are more bankable. Nowadays, these are turbines with permanentmagnet generators with full converter, based on European designs (e.g. Goldwind-Vensys, XEMCDarwind). This trend will be aided by the fact that non-Chinese turbine manufacturers increasingly
source from the Chinese supply chain, and thus companies in this supply chain are reaching foreign
levels of quality.
For both bankable and not-so-bankable Chinese turbines, entry into Western markets involves (a)
becoming developers of wind farms where they use their own machines; (b) through the help of
Chinese banks providing the finance for projects. Countries where this is happening include the US,
India, Romania, Pakistan and some in South America.
References
1. Global Wind Report — Annual market update 2011, Global Wind Energy Council;
http://www.gwec.net
2. BTM Consult, World Market Update 2011
3. World Wind Energy Report 2010, World Wind Energy Association, http://www.wwindea.org
4. European Wind Association, Wind in power: 2011 European statistics, http://www.ewea.org
5. Chinese Wind Energy Association: 2011 Statistics, March 2012. Available (in Chinese) at
http://cwea.org.cn/
6. JRC data
7. BTM Consult, World Market Update 2009
8. Windpower Monthly, 18.06.12: Japan approves feed-in tariff
http://www.windpowermonthly.com/news/1136836/Japan-approves-feed-in-tariff/. Accessed 22.06.12
9. 2011 Technology Map of the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan) Technology
Descriptions. JRC Scientific and Technical Report, ISBN 978-92-79-21630-5. Available at
http://setis.ec.europa.eu/about-setis/technology-map
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RES STATUS IN THE NATIONAL RENEWABLE ACTION PLANS
Manjola Banja, Marta Szabo
European Commission, Joint Research Centre; Renewable Energy Unit
e-mail: Manjola.BANJA@ec.europa.eu
Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable energy sources (RES
Directive) not only set the mandatory targets for the European Union's Member States, but also drafted
a trajectory how to reach the targets for each of them and requires Member States to adopt a National
Renewable Energy Action Plan (NREAP), setting out sectoral targets and measures for achieving
these targets.
Each Member State has set its national target for the share of energy coming from renewable sources,
consumed in three main sectors: electricity, transport and heating and cooling, providing a yearly
target up to 2020. The MS have the obligation to submit the NREAPs to the European Commission
every two years up to 2020.
Upon NREAPs the total installed RES capacity in EU 27 in 2020 will be 475.8 GW increasing from
248.8 GW in 2010. The total RES generation potential is expected to reach in 2020 the amount of
2871 TWh (10336.7 PJ) growing from 1613 TWh (5808.2 PJ) in 2010 and 1163 TWh (4188.4) in
2005 having a CAGR of 5.9%. The RES breakdown by source in EU 27 generation potential from the
baseline year to the target year in absolute and relative term is presented in the Table 1 and Figure 1.
Table 1. RES breakdown by source in EU27 generation potential from 2005 to 2020 in PJ
2005*
2010
2011
2012
2013
1208, 1223, 1226 1233, 1241,
Hydropower
38,2
50,3 55,0
60,5
67,5
Geothermal
34,2
136,2 182, 221,6 262,5
Solar total
5,3
74,5 112, 141,7 168,0
Solar
5,3
72,0 102, 124,2 143,8
PV
0,0
2,5
9,8
17,5
24,2
CSP
28,9
61,6 70,3
79,9
94,5
Solar thermal
1,9
1,8
1,8
2,1
2,4
Marine
253,3
597 690, 784,3 890,8
Wind total
563,2 642, 710,9 777,5
Onshore 240,6
6,9
31,2 44,2
68,1 106,7
Offshore
25,7
168,1 196, 225,9 249,2
Heat pump
2455, 3000, 3127 3251, 3395,
Biomass
170,9
630,6 715, 773,7 798,4
RES transport
4188, 5808, 6196 6553, 6907,
Total RES
* MT and HU did not reported the RES generation data for 2005
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
1249,
75,6
301,0
192,6
164,0
29,4
108,4
2,7
999,7
849,1
142,8
274,6
3529,
847,1
7279,
1255,
82,9
343,9
217,5
183,5
33,9
126,4
3,1
1107,
919,7
178,6
303,5
3676,
902,3
7674,
1260,
94,6
392,5
243,6
204,2
39,4
148,9
6,4
1223,
979,9
230,4
336,9
3839,
959,7
8113,
1273,9
106,2
443,9
270,3
225,2
45,1
173,6
10,0
1349,0
1043,3
289,4
372,4
4014,8
1065,3
8635,6
1280,7
120,4
499,9
298,4
247,0
51,4
201,6
13,6
1486,7
1118,3
348,4
412,9
4194,4
1136,1
9144,9
1293,4
132,6
559,7
328,7
269,5
59,2
231,0
18,2
1613,3
1180,4
409,2
454,5
4414,1
1205,1
9690,9
1305,3
149,3
627,2
361,4
293,0
68,4
265,8
23,4
1759
1261,9
491,5
508,8
4618,3
1345,6
10336,7
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Renewables 2010 in EU 27
Renewables 2020 in EU 27
11%
1%
13%
13%
21%
1%
6%
0,23%
2%
0,03%
10%
17%
3%
52%
45%
5%
Hydropower
Geothermal
Solar
Marine
Hydropower
Geothermal
Solar
Marine
Wind
Heat pump
Biomass
Biofuel**
Wind
Heat pump
Biomass
Biofuel**
Figure 1. Resource share in RES in the EU27 in 2010 and 2020
The yearly growth rate of energy production from RES in 2010 compared to 2005 was 38.7% and in
2020 is projected to be 6.7% (Table 2).
Table 2. Yearly growth rate of energy production from renewable resources in EU27
%
Hydropower
Geothermal
Solar total
Solar
PV
CSP
Solar
Marine
Wind total
Onshore
Offshore
Heat pump
Biomass
RES
Total RES
1,2
31,8
298,4
1308,6
1260,9
113,4
-6,4
135,8
134,1
351,0
553,0
22,2
268,8
38,7
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
0,3
9,4
34,3
51,0
42,6
290,7
14,0
0,2
15,6
14,0
41,8
16,9
4,2
13,4
6,7
0,6
9,9
21,2
25,9
20,9
78,1
13,7
14,5
13,6
10,7
53,9
14,9
4,0
8,2
5,8
0,6
11,6
18,4
18,5
15,8
38,1
18,2
13,6
13,6
9,4
56,7
10,3
4,4
3,2
5,4
0,7
12,0
14,7
14,6
14,0
21,3
14,7
15,2
12,2
9,2
33,8
10,2
4,0
6,1
5,4
0,5
9,7
14,3
12,9
11,9
15,4
16,7
14,9
10,8
8,3
25,1
10,5
4,2
6,5
5,4
0,4
14,2
14,1
12,0
11,3
16,3
17,8
107,1
10,4
6,5
29,0
11,0
4,4
6,4
5,7
1,1
12,3
13,1
10,9
10,3
14,4
16,6
55,8
10,3
6,5
25,6
10,5
4,6
11,0
6,4
0,5
13,3
12,6
10,4
9,7
13,9
16,1
35,7
10,2
7,2
20,4
10,9
4,5
6,6
5,9
1,0
10,2
11,9
10,2
9,1
15,1
14,6
33,7
8,5
5,5
17,5
10,1
5,2
6,1
6,0
0,9
12,6
12,1
10,0
8,7
15,5
15,1
28,6
9,0
6,9
20,1
11,9
4,6
11,6
6,7
RES Electricity
The RES electricity installed capacity in EU 27 in 2005 was 167 GW and in 2010 is increased by a
factor of 1.4 having a CAGR of 8.2%. The leading countries in RES electricity installed capacity in
2010 were Germany with 53.8 GW, Spain with 39.2 GW, France with 28.8 GW, Italy with 27.6 GW
and Sweden with 20.2 GW having a contribution of 68.2%. In 2020 Germany has projected to double
the RES electricity installed capacity reaching nearly 111 GW representing 23.3% of the total RES
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electricity installed capacity. In 2020 Spain will reach 63.8 GW followed by France with 57.3 GW,
Italy and UK with the same RES electricity installed capacity 43.8 GW representing 43.9% of the total
RES electricity installed capacity.
Table 3. Additional RES electricity total installed capacity (GW)
2005-2010
2010-2020
2005
2010
2020
Additional
Share of 2005(%)
Additional
Share of 2010 (%)
167,7
248,8
475,7
81,2
48,4
226,8
91,2
The leading countries with highest additional RES electricity installed capacity in 2020 will be
Germany (57.1 GW), UK (29.1 GW), France (28.6 GW), Spain (24.5 GW) and Italy (16.3 GW). In
2010 hydropower had the highest share in RES electricity installed capacity with 45.7% followed by
wind with 34.4%, solar with 10.4%, biomass with 9.1%, geothermal 0.3% and marine with 0.1%.
Wind energy is projected to have the highest share in RES electricity installed capacity in 2020 with
44.3%, followed by hydropower with 26.8 %, solar with 18.9%, biomass 9.2%, marine 0.5% and
geothermal 0.3%.
RES electricity additional capacity 2005-2010
RES electricity additional capacity 2010-2020
BE
BG
CZ
DK
DE
EST
IE
EL
ES
FR
IT
CY
LV
LT
LU
HU
MT
NL
AT
PL
PT
RO
SI
SK
FI
SE
UK
BE
BG
CZ
DK
DE
EST
IE
EL
ES
FR
IT
CY
LV
LT
LU
HU
MT
NL
AT
PL
PT
RO
SI
SK
FI
SE
UK
-10
0
10
20
30
40
50
-5
60
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
GW
GW
Hydro
Geothermal
Solar
Wind
Marine
Biomass
Hydro
Geothermal
Solar
Wind
Marine
Biomass
Figure 2. Additional RES electricity capacity growth between 2005-2010 and 2010-2020
In the additional electricity installed capacity between 2005 and 2010 the onshore wind has the highest
share with 52.7% followed by PV with 28.4% and biomas with 8.6%. Between 2010 and 2020 the
onshore wind share in additional electricity capacities will be 37.8% followed by PV with 25.9% and
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biomass with 9.5%. The increase of additional CSP installed capacity between 2010 and 2020
compared with the increase between 2005 and 2010 will be with a factor of 6. (Figure 2)
The generation potential of renewable electricity in 2005 was 482.6 TWh (1737.6 PJ) and in 2010 was
34% (647 TWh or 2329 PJ)) higher with a CAGR of 6% and a yearly growth rate of 6.7%. In 2020 the
RES electricity generation potential is projected to be 1203 TWh (4331.2 PJ) representing 34.1% of
the electricity production in EU 27. (Table 4)
Wind energy will have the highest share in RES electricity generation in 2020 with 40.6%, followed
by hydropower with 30.1%, biomass 19.5%, solar 8.3%, geothermal 0.9% and marine 0.5% (Figure 3).
Table 4. Resource share in RES electricity in NREAPs for EU27
2010
2020
RES
Solar
PV
CSP
Marine
Wind
Onshore
Offshore
Biomass
RES el.
Total RES
Electricity
% of
RES generation
% of
PJ
TWh
RES el
total
RES
electricity
PJ
TWh
RES
el
total RES
electricity
1223
21,5
74,5
72,0
2,52
1,80
597
563
31,
410
2329
5808
1186
339,7
5,98
20,70
20,00
0,7
0,5
165,9
156,4
8,66
114,1
647
52,52
0,9
3,2
3,1
0,1
0,1
25,6
24,2
1,3
17,6
100,0
21,1
0,4
1,3
1,2
0,0
0,0
10,3
9,7
0,5
7,1
40,1
10,3
0,2
0,6
0,6
0,0
0,0
5,0
4,7
0,3
3,5
19,6
1305
39,2
361
293
68,3
23,4
1759
1261
491
8431
4331,2
10336,7
12695
362,6
10,89
100,38
81,40
18,989
6,5
488,6
350,5
136,54
234,2
1203,1
30,1
0,9
8,3
6,8
1,6
0,5
40,6
29,1
11,3
19,5
100,0
12,6
0,4
3,5
2,8
0,7
0,2
17,0
12,2
4,8
8,2
41,9
10,3
0,3
2,8
2,3
0,5
0,2
13,9
9,9
3,9
6,6
34,1
RES share in electricity by source, 2020
RES share in electricity by source, 2010
17,6
19,5
30,1
52,5
0,9
25,6
8,3
40,6
Hydro
Geothermal
0,5
Solar
Marine
0,1
Wind
Hydro
Biomass
Geothermal
3,2
0,9
Solar
Marine
Wind
Biomass
Figure 3. RES share in electricity generation in source break down
In 2020 Germany will be the leading Member State in the electricity generation from RES with 781 PJ
representing 18 % of the total RES electricity in EU 27. France with 559 PJ followed by Spain with
521 PJ, UK with 421 PJ and Sweden with 350 PJ will represent in 2020 42.8% of the total RES
electricity generation potential in EU 27.
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RES Heating & Cooling
RES in Heating and Cooling sector in 2010 has presented the highest share in the gross final energy
consumption with 46.0% (545.3 Mtoe) and is projected to remain in the leading position even in 2020
with 521.7 Mtoe with a contribution of 44.2%.
In RES heating and cooling in 2020 biomass is projected to be the largest contributor with 81%
followed by heat pumping with 11% and solar thermal with 5.7 %. The contribution of heating and
cooling in RES for the target year is forecasted to be 45.1% (111.3 Mtoe). The development of RES
heating and cooling in absolute and relative terms is presented in Table 5.
Table 5. Resource share in RES heating and cooling generation
RES
H&C
in PJ
Geothermal
Solar
Biomass
Heat pump
RES H&C
Total RES
H&C
28,8
61,6
2590,
168,1
2848,
5808,
22.82
2010
% of
2020
RES H&C
total RES
H&C
1,01
2,16
90,92
5,90
100,0
0,5
1,1
44,6
2,9
49,0
0,13
0,27
11,3
0,74
12,4
RES
H&C
in PJ
% of
RES H&C
total RES
H&C
2,36
5,70
81,01
10,92
100,0
1,1
2,6
36,5
4,9
45,1
0,5
1,2
17,3
2,3
21,3
110,1
265,8
3775,2
508,8
4659,9
10336,
21.841
Biomass is projected to have the highest contribution in the heat and cooling sector with 80.9% in
2020 starting from a higher contribution in 2010 with 91%. The updated analysis reveals that biomass
generation potential in heating and cooling sector in 2020 is 1.4 times higher than in 2010 but the
contribution in the generation will be decreased by 10%. (Figure 4).
RES share in heating and cooling by source in 2020
RES share in heating and cooling by source in 2010
6%
2%
81%
2%
91%
1%
6%
11%
Geothermal
Solar
Biomass
Geothermal
heat pumps
Solar
Biomass
heat pumps
Figure 4. RES share in heating and cooling in source break down
Heat and pump will follow biomass in 2020 with 10.9% (12.1 Mtoe) together with solar with 5.7%
(6.3 Mtoe) and geothermal with 2.4% (2.6 Mtoe). The increase of solar energy in 2020 compared to
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2010 will be 4.3 times from 61.6 PJ to 265.8 PJ having a CAGR of 15.7%. The geothermal energy in
2020 will be 3.8 times more than in 2010, the share increased from 1 % to 2.4 % having a CAGR of
14.4%. Heat pump is tripled between 2010 and 2020 with a share almost doubled, from 5.9 to 10.9 %
having a CAGR of 11.7%.
France was the leading MS in 2010 with the highest H&C generation from RES 11 Mtoe and in 2020
will be still the leading country in the generation with 826 PJ (almost 20000 ktoe) which represents the
17.7 % of the total RES H&C in EU27. The generation in the heating and cooling sector for Germany,
Italy and Sweden in 2020 will be more than 10 Mtoe with a contribution of 31.8%. Together with
Spain, UK, Poland and Finland the contribution of these 8 MS will represent 72% of the total heating
and cooling generation potential in EU 27 for 2020.
RES Transport
The contribution of the transport sector in the gross final consumption in 2005 was found to be equal
to 25.5 % (311.5 Mtoe) and in 2020 will be 26.5% (313 Mtoe) with a decrease of 0.2% compared to
2010.
The share of the transport sector within the RES is projected to be 13.0% in 2020 (32.1 Mtoe). The
contribution of the transport in sectoral consumption for 2020 is projected to be 11.1%. In order to
reach the 2020 target the compound annual growth of this sector is projected to be 7.9%.
The development of the RES transport according to the NREAP-s in absolute and relative terms is
summarized in Table 6.
Table 6. Resource share in RES transport
2010
RES transport
generation
Bioethanol/
Biodiesel
Hydrogen
Renewable
Others
RES transport
Total RES
Total transport
RES transport
adjusted to the
target
2020
RES transport
generation
% of
% of
in PJ
RES
transpor
total
RES
transport
in PJ
RES
transport
total
RES
transport
119,9
446,8
0
54,3
8,8
629,9
5808,2
13125,1
19,0
70,8
0
8,6
1,4
100
2,06
7,69
0,00
0,94
0,15
10,84
0,91
3,40
0,00
0,41
0,07
4,80
305,9
873,4
0,1
135,0
31,1
1345,5
10336,7
13103,5
22,7
64,9
0,007
10,0
2,3
100
3,0
8,4
0,0
1,3
0,3
13,0
2,33
6,67
0,00
1,03
0,24
10,27
658,3
1549,3
The total contribution of RES in 2020 in the EU without double counting will be 1345.5 PJ (32.757
Mtoe). The contribution with multiple counting of electricity use in road transport and article 21.2
biofuels) in 2020 will be 1549.3 PJ (36.476 Mtoe) representing 11.8% of the energy use in the
transport sector which is above the 10% binding target.
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RES share in transport sector 2010
RES share in transport sector 2020
19%
22,7%
70,8%
65%
1,4%
2,3%
8,6%
0%
10%
0%
Bioethanol - bio ETBE
Biodiesel
Hydrogen from renewables
Renewable electricity
Others
Bioethanol - bio ETBE
Biodiesel
Hydrogen from renewables
Renewable electricity
Others
Figure 5. RES transport by source breakdown in 2010 and 2020
In 2010 the RES share was dominated by biodiesel with 70.8% and bioethanol with 19%. The
renewable electricity had a contribution equal to 8.6 % (1.3 Mtoe). In 2020 it is projected that
biodiesel will still dominate the sector with 65% (20.9 Mtoe), from which 24.1% will be imported.
Bioethanol is following biodiesel with a contribution of 22.7% (7.3 Mtoe) together with renewable
electricity which will increase up to 10 % (3.2 Mtoe) ( Figure 5).
Wind
The wind energy installed capacity in 2020 according to NREAPs is forecasted to increase with a
factor of 2.5 from 2010 reaching the amount of 211 GW and having a CAGR of 9.4%.
The leading EU 27 countries in wind installed capacity in 2020 will be Germany with 45.8 GW
followed by Spain with 35.8 GW, UK with 27.9 GW, France 25 GW and Italy 12.9 GW. These MS
will represent 31% of the total RES installed capacity. These MS will have the highest additional
growth in 2020 compared to 2010
Estonia has projected to have in 2020 the highest wind share within RES installed capacity with 98%
followed by Ireland with 91%. Belgium, Greece, Cyprus and Lithuania will have a wind share within
renewables installed capacity higher than 50% and Malta, Netherland, Poland and UK higher than
60%.
The contribution of wind in RES electricity generation will change from 10.3% in 2010 to 17% in
2020. The contribution of wind in final electricity consumption in the target year is forecasted to be
with 13.9% (1759 PJ). Yearly growth rate of wind in the total generation potential will decrease from
15.6% in 2010 to 9% in 2020.
The highest wind share within RES generation potential in 2020 will be in Ireland with 86% followed
by Estonia with 80.3%. Denmark, Estonia, Malta, Netherland and UK will have a wind share within
renewables electricity generation potential higher than 50%.
In 2020 the contribution of the leading MS in the electricity generation potential will be 28.7% due to
Germany with 104.4 TWh, UK with 78.2 TWh, Spain with 72.6 TWh,France 57.9 with TWh and
Netherland with 32.4 TWh.
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Wind electricity installed capacity by source, 2020
Wind electricity generation by source, 2020
80%
72%
28%
20%
Onshore wind
Offshore wind
Onshore wind
Offshore wind
Figure 6. Onshore and Offshore wind contribution in total wind, 2020
The contribution of offshore wind in total RES generation potential in 2010 was 0.5% (8.6 TWh) and
in 2020 is projected to increase by a factor of nearly 16 (136.5 TWh) representing 28% of the wind
generation potential, 11.3 % of the electricity generation potential and 4.8% of the total generation
potential. (Figure 6).
The highest offshore wind share within renewables electricity generation in 2020 will be in Malta with
46.1% followed by Netherland and UK with almost 38% and Estonia with nearly 30%. Malta will
have in 2020 the highest wind share within renewables installed capacity with nearly 57% followed by
Estonia with 38%, Netherland 34% and UK with almost 30%. Among renewables electricity
technologies the offshore wind has the second highest share in the total generation potential with
41.8% which reach the maximum in 2013 with 56.7%. In 2020 the offshore wind share in total
generation potential will be 20.1%.
The onshore wind installed capacity changes from 82.5 GW in 2010 to 168 GW in 2020 remaining the
main contributor to the total RES generation potential with 12.2% (350.5 TWh) with a yearly growth
rate of 6.9%. The contribution of onshore wind in RES electricity generation in 2020 is projected to be
29.1% (1261 PJ) representing nearly 72% of the total wind electricity generation potential having a
CAGR of 8.4 %.( Figure 6)
Germany and Spain will present the highest onshore wind energy production by 2020 with 72.7 TWh
and 70.7 TWh representing 40.9% of the total onshore wind electricity generation potential. Together
with France with nearly 40 TWh, UK with 34 TWh and Italy with 18 TWh these MS will represent 67
% of the total onshore wind energy (Figure 7).
Ireland will have in 2020 the highest onshore wind share within renewables electricity generation with
73.5%. Estonia and Greece will have a share higher than 50% and Spain, Cyprus, Lithaunia and
Portugal higher than 40%. The highest onshore wind share within RES installed capacity in 2020 will
be found in Ireland with 80.1% followed by Estonia with 60.8%. Spain, Cyprus, Lithaunia and Poland
will have a share higher than 50%.
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Offshore wind utilization development
Onshore wind utilization development
BE
BG
CZ
DK
DE
EST
IE
GR
ES
FR
IT
CY
LV
LT
LU
HU
MT
NL
AT
PL
PT
RO
SLO
SK
FI
SE
UK
BE
BG
CZ
DK
DE
EST
IE
GR
ES
FR
IT
CY
LV
LT
LU
HU
MT
NL
AT
PL
PT
RO
SLO
SK
FI
SE
UK
0
50
100
150
0
200
100
150
200
250
300
PJ
PJ
2020
50
2020
2010
2010
Figure 7. Offshore and Onshore wind utilization development in EU 27, 2010-2020
Biomass
According to the NREAPs the biomass is projected to have the highest contribution in the heat and
cooling sector with 80.9% in 2020. The contribution of biomass in the electricity installed capacity
will remain almost constant to 9% from 2010 to 2020.
The contribution of biomass in the total RES generation potential will change from 51.7% (833.5
TWh) in 2010 to 44.7% (1283 TWh) in 2020 having a CAGR of 4.4%.
The contribution of biomass in electricity generation will change from 17.6 % (114 TWh) in 2010 to
19.5 % (234 TWh) in 2020 having a CAGR of 7.5%.
The main contributor in electricity biomass is solid biomass the contribution of which in installed
capacity and generation potential is 68 % respectively, followed by biogas with 28% contribution in
installed capacity and 27% in generation potential (figure 8).
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Biomass electricity generation by source 2020
5%
Biomass electricity installed capacity by source 2020
4%
28%
27%
68%
Solid biomass
Biogas
68%
Bioliquids
Solid biomass
Biogas
Bioliquids
Figure 8. Solid biomass, biogas and bioliquds contribution in total electricity biomass, 2020
The biomass contribution in total RES electricity generation in 2005 was 69TWh (248.5 PJ) and in
2010 was 3.5% with 114 TWh or 410 PJ (65.2% higher compared to 2005). In 2020 the contribution
of biomass in total RES electricity generation potential will increase up to 234 TWh (843.1 PJ)
representing 6.6% of electricity generation.
In 2020 the contribution of Member States in installed capacity referring biomass will be 52.3% where
in the leading position will be Germany with 8.8 GW followed by UK with 4.2 GW , Italy 3.8 GW ,
France 3 GW and Finland with 2.9 GW. In 2020 Germany with 49.5 TWh (178 PJ), UK with 26.2
TWh (94.2 PJ), Italy with 18.8 TWh (67.6 PJ), France with 17 TWh (61.8 PJ) and Sweden with 16.7
TWh (60.3 PJ) the same Member States will be in the leading position with 53% of the total electricity
generation potential.
Biomass H&C generation by source 2020
6%
5%
89%
solid
biogas
bioliquids
Figure 9. Biomass Heating and Cooling generation by source, 2020
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The highest biomass share within renewables electricity installed capacity in 2020 will be in Denmark
with 41% followed by Hungary and Finland with 39% and 34% respectively. Belgium, Lithuania and
Poland will have a share higher than 25%. In 2020 the highest share of biomass within renewables
electricity generation potential will be found in Hungary with 59% and Czech Republic with 52%.
Belgium, Denmark, Lithuania, Luxemburg and Poland have projected to have a share higher than
25%.
The main contributor from biomass in heating and cooling sector is the solid biomass with 83.3%
(61.2 Mtoe) in 2010 which is projected to decrease up to 72.5% (91.2 Mtoe) in 2020 representing 89%
of the biomass in this sector. Biogas and bioliquids will contribute in 2020 in the heating and cooling
sector with 4.0% and 4.5% representing 5% and 6& of the biomass in this sector (Figure 9).
France will be the leading MS in 2020 with the highest heating and cooling generation from biomass
with 16.4 Mtoe. Germany will follow with 11.3 Mtoe and together with Sweden with 9.5 Mtoe these
three countries have a contribution to the total generation from heating and cooling with 33.2%.
According to NREAPs biofuels will present in 2020 a contribution to the total RES mix equal to
11.7% (28.9 Mtoe or 1210 PJ) having a CAGR of 7.7% compared to 2010. The yearly average growth
of biofuel will change from 13.9% in 2010 to 11.5% in 2020 being characterized by a not stable
decrease.
Germany will be the highest contributor in the total biofuel generation with 5.4 Mtoe. Together with
UK with 4.2 Mtoe, France with 3.6 Mtoe and Italy with 2.5 Mtoe these MS will present 54.8% of the
total biofuel generation potential (Figure 10). (*Others include even the renewable electricity).
According to NREAPs the amount of biofuels that should be imported in 2020 to reach the 10%
binding target will be 10.0 Mtoe presenting 34.1% of the total biofuels that will be used that year.
Biofuel use in transport sector 2020
7.000
6.000
ktoe
5.000
4.000
3.000
2.000
1.000
0
UK SE FI SK SI RO PT PL AT NL MT HU LU LT LV CY IT FR ES EL IE ESTDE DK CZ BG BE
Bioethanol
Biodiesel
Other*
Figure 10. Biofuel use in transport sector, 2020
Marine
The installed capacity of marine in 2005 and 2010 was 240 MW and 245 MW. In 2020 is projected
that the marine energy installed capacity will be 2243MW which represent 0.5% of the total installed
capacity in EU 27 having an increase with 89.1% compared with 2010.
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The marine energy generation potential in 2005 and 2010 was 535GWh (1.9 PJ) and 501GWh (1.8
PJ). By 2020 the marine energy generation potential will increase with 92.3% due to the significant
increase in Portugal with 99.8% and in France with 56.5%.
The marine reported in EU 27 by 2020 is projected to be 6506 GWh (23.4 PJ), which represents 0.2 %
of the total RES generation potential. Between 2010 and 2020, the amount is projected to increase
with a factor of 13 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 29.2%.
Six countries, UK, France, Portugal Ireland, Spain and Italy, reported production in marine energy by
2020. The highest amount will be in the UK and France with 3950 GWh (14.2 PJ) and 1150 GWh (4.1
PJ) respectively; these two countries will represent the 78.4% of the total marine energy production in
EU 27, UK alone the 60.7% (Figure 11).
In 2020 UK, Ireland and Portugal will have the highest marine energy share within the renewable
electricity, with 3.4%, 1.7% and 1.2 %; UK and Ireland will have the highest marine share within the
total renewable sources (RES) in 2020 with 1.6% and 0.9 % (Figure 11).
Marine electricity installed capacity, 2020
Marine electricity generation potential, 2020
IE; 3,5%
IE; 3,3%
ES; 3,4%
FR; 17,7%
ES; 4,5%
FR; 16,9%
IT; 0,1%
IT; 0,1%
NL; 7,9%
UK; 58%
UK; 60,7%
NL; 6%
PT; 11,1%
PT; 6,7%
Figure 11. Contribution of MS in marine electricity installed capacity and generation potential, 2020
UK and France will have the highest share in installed capacity, generated potential and gross final
energy consumption in 2020. The biggest relative change in marine energy, compared to 2010, is
expected in Portugal and Spain.
Solar
This technology will have the fastest growing in electricity installed capacity in 2020 compared to
2010 by a factor of nearly 3.5, from 26 GW to 90 GW. The electricity generation potential in 2020
will be increased from 20.7 TWh (74.5 PJ) that was in 2010 to 100.4 TWh (361.4 PJ). The compound
annual growing rate of solar installed capacity and electricity generation potential in 2020 compared
with 2010 will be respectively 13.3% and 17.1%.
Solar total generation in 2020 will reach 174.2 TWh from 37.8 TWh ( 136.2 PJ) that was in 2010.
Solar in total will represent 6.1% of the total RES mix in 2020 from 2.3% contribution in 2010. The
contribution of solar electricity in the total solar will be 57.6% and 3.5% in the total RES mix (Figure
13).
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The solar photovoltaic installed capacity in 2020 will be 83 GW meaning that the contribution of solar
photovoltaic installed capacity represents 2.1% of the total solar capacity that can be installed in EU
(3887GW).
In 2020 the leading countries in solar installed capacity are projected to be Germany, Spain, Italy,
France and UK with respectively 51.8 GW, 12GW, 8.6GW, 5.4GW and 2.7GW. The capacity
installed in these countries will present 89% of the solar installed capacity and 16.9% of the total RES
installed capacity in EU
Solar electricity generation by source, 2020
Solar electricity installed capacity by source, 2020
8%
19%
81%
92%
PV
CSP
PV
CSP
Figure 12. PV and CSP in solar electricity installed capacity and generated potential in EU 27, 2020
Solar generation by source 2020
Solar contribution in RES mix, 2020
11%
0,7%
42%
2,6%
47%
2,8%
PV
CSP
PV
Solar thermal
CSP
Solar thermal
Figure 13. PV, CSP and Solar thermal in generated potential and RES mix by source, 2020
PV is the main contributor in the solar electricity installed capacity and generation potential with 92%
and 81% respectively (Figure 12). PV will remain the main contributor in the total solar with 47%
8293 PJ) in 2020 followed by solar thermal with 265.8 PJ. The contribution of PV, CSP and solar
thermal in RES mix in 2020 will be 2.8%, 0.7% and 2.6% respectively (Figure 13).
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In 2020 the leading countries in electricity generation potential will be Germany, Spain, Italy, France
and Greece with 41.4 TWh ( 149 PJ), 26.7 TWh ( 96.2 PJ), 11.4 TWh (40.9 PJ), 6.9 TWh ( 24.8 PJ)
and 3.6 TWh (13 PJ) respectively representing 7.7% of the total RES electricity generation and 5.7%
of the total RES generation potential in EU. These MS will represent in 2020 89.6% of the total solar
electricity generation potential in EU 27.
The highest solar share within the renewables electricity generation in 2020 will be found in Cyprus
with 45.4 % followed by Spain and Germany with 19.8% and 19.1 %. Czech Republic, Greece and
Italy will have respectively 15%, 13.2% and 11.5%.
The highest solar share in renewables electricity installed capacity in 2020 will be in Germany with
46.7%, Cyprus with 45.7%, Czech republic with 43%, Luxemburg with 32.6%, Italy with nearly 20%
and Spain with 19%.
The highest PV share within renewables electricity generation potential in 2020 will be in Cyprus with
26%, Germany with 19% and Czech Republic with 14.8%. In renewables electricity installed capacity
the highest share of PV in 2020 will be in Germany with 46.7%, Czech Republic with 43%, Cyprus
with 32.9% and Luxemburg with 32.6%.
Germany will represent in 2020 62% of the total PV installation capacity with 51.8 GW and 50% of
the total PV generation potential with 41.4 TWh (149 PJ). Spain (7.3 GW), France (4.9 GW), Italy (8
GW) and UK (2.7 GW) will contribute to the total PV installation capacity with 27%. Spain and Italy
will follow Germany in the contribution to the total PV installation capacity with 12.3 TWh ( 44.5 PJ)
and 9.7 TWh ( 34.7 PJ) respectively.
CSP energy is projected to have an increase in 2020 in the generation potential by a factor of 27
compared to 2010, from 0.7 TWh ( 2.5 PJ) to 19 TWh ( 68.4 PJ) having a CAGR of 39% and a yearly
growth rate of 15.5%.
The CSP generation share reported in the NREAP will reach the 19.0 % of solar electricity generation
potential by 2020 and the share of the RES electricity 1.6 %. By 2010 the CSP technology is present
only in Spain with an amount of 0.7 TWh (2.5 PJ) and Italy with 9 TWh (0.03 PJ). In all the other
Member States the technology is later introduced. In 2020 Spain will increase the generation from this
technology with a factor of 21 reaching 14.4 TWh (51.8 PJ) representing 76% of the total generation
potential from CSP.
The highest CSP share within the renewables electricity is in Cyprus and Spain with 19.1 % and
10.2%.
RES share and trajectory
The RES Directive developed the “cooperation mechanism” which allows countries to transfer
virtually their surpluses or deficits to each other. The NREAPs forecast that the EU 27 in 2020 will
exceed 20% Renewable Energy Consumption Target with 0.75%. From the NREAPs analysis it can be
expected that probably each year the EU will reach a net surplus also in the interim period until 2020.
According to NREAPs Italy has projected to have the largest deficit among MS with 1.1Mtoe. UK,
Finland, Estonia and Romani have projected a very small deficit in 2020. Germany has projected a
domestic surplus in 2020 of around 3 Mtoe followed by France with 1 Mtoe. Other MS have projected
not so high values for the surplus in 2020 (Figure 14).
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EU 27 surplus / deficit 2020 ( ktoe)
6500
4500
2500
500
-1500
BE BG CZ DK DE EST IE GR ES FR IT CY LV LT LU HU MT NL AT PL PT ROSLOSK FI SE UK EU
27
Figure 14. EU 27 surplus/ deficit development 2020
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European Commission
EUR 25756 EN – Joint Research Centre – Institute for Energy and transport
Title: Renewable energy snapshots 2012
Authors: Arnulf Jaeger-Waldau, Fabio Monforti-Ferrario, Manjola Banja, Hans Bloem, Roberto Lacal Arantegui, Marta Szabo.
Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union
2013 – 57 pp. – 21.0 x 29.7 cm
EUR – Scientific and Technical Research series – ISSN 1018-5593
ISBN 978-92-79-28218-8
doi: 10.2790/74709
Abstract
Penetration and deployment of renewable energies in Europe is analyzed on the basis of the latest available data and statistics.
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