ABSTRACT
Eectricity from wind power, hydro, geothermal and biomass is already a market reality. Photovoltaics (PV) are already cost-effective in some markets worldwide, while tidal and wave power, as well as concentrated solar power, will need further research and development before their full commercial potential can be realized. Under the present state of market progress and the political support given to electricity generation from Renewable Energy Sources, the current EU target for RES-Electricity for 2010 (21 per cent of RES-electricity) can be met. It is expected that renewable energy technologies will be able to contribute between 33 per cent and 40 per cent of total electricity production by 2020. The following chapters provide an overview of the market state and further development perspectives of the different renewable energy generating technologies. Contribution of renewables to electricity consumption
|
2005 Eurostat TWh |
2006 Eurostat TWh |
2010 Projections TWh |
2020 Targets TWh |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Wind |
70.5 |
82.0 |
176 |
477 |
|
Hydro2 |
346.9 |
357.2 |
360 |
384 |
|
Photovoltaic |
1.5 |
2.5 |
20 |
180 |
|
Biomass |
80.0 |
89.9 |
135 |
250 |
|
Geothermal |
5.4 |
5.6 |
10 |
31 |
|
Solar thermal |
– |
– |
2 |
43 |
|
elect. ocean |
– |
– |
1 |
5 |
|
TOTAL RES |
504.3 |
537.2 |
704 |
1370 |
|
Total Gross Electricity |
3320.4 |
3361.5 |
||
|
Generation EU-27 |
3568 |
4078 |
||
|
(Trends to 2030–Baseline)3 |
3391 |
|||
|
(Combined RES and EE)4 |
15.2% |
16.0% |
19.7% |
33.6–40.4% |
