Renewable Energy Capacity in the EU: The current market, drivers to growth, future capacity forecasts - 2009/07/01 - Business Insights

Report title: Renewable Energy Capacity in the EU: The current market, drivers to growth, future capacity forecasts

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Electrical production capacity has had historically an energy mix consisting primarily of fossil fuels including gas, coal and oil, backed up with a volume of nuclear and hydro power. The EU-27 countries are trying to lower carbon emissions, and build an interconnected, efficient energy system. New targets have been created by the EC that request that by 2020 the EU-27 countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20% (compared with 1990 levels) by 2020; improve energy efficiency by 20% by 2020; raise the share of renewable energy to 20 % by 2020; increase the level of biofuels in transport fuel to 10% by 2020. In trying to meet these objectives, a new energy market is beginning to evolve. Recent addition has been made to the energy mix by way of renewable energy technologies which include power from the wind - wind turbines, and power from the sun - solar cells, and geothermal ' relying on the heat that can be found at varying degrees of depth into the Earth's surface. In the last decade newly installed renewable energy technologies are starting to gain a notable share of the market. 'Renewable Energy Capacity in the EU' is a new report published by Business Insights that documents the growth of this new market, showing its current status and projecting where it is likely to grow to in the foreseeable future. This report gathers the statistical data on the different types of energy generation, combines and contrasts them against each other to show the clear leaders, drivers to change and future growth.

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Title	Starting Page	Number of Pages
Sections
Table of Contents Renewable Energy Capacity in the EU Executive summary 10 Energy security and environmental drivers 10 Infrastructure 11 Current state of EU energy market 12 Wind capacity in the EU 13 Solar capacity in the EU 14 Future outlook for the ren	0	1
Table of Contents	0	1
Renewable Energy Capacity in the EU	0	1
Executive summary 10	0	1
Energy security and environmental drivers 10	0	1
Infrastructure 11	0	1
Current state of EU energy market 12	0	1
Wind capacity in the EU 13	0	1
Solar capacity in the EU 14	0	1
Future outlook for the renewable energy market 15	0	1
Chapter 1 Introduction 18	0	1
Report introduction 18	0	1
Chapter 2 Energy security and environmental drivers 22	0	1
Summary 22	0	1
Introduction 23	0	1
Energy security 23	0	1
Fossil fuel generation and emissions 28	0	1
Resource depletion and alternatives to oil 29	0	1
The pace of resource depletion 29	0	1
Liquid alternatives to oil 30	0	1
Replacing existing capacity 32	0	1
Environmental concerns 35	0	1
Population growth 36	0	1
CO2 emissions by country 38	0	1
Global warming 42	0	1
Renewable energy and energy efficiency targets in the EU 42	0	1
Chapter 3 Infrastructure 46	0	1
Summary 46	0	1
Introduction 46	0	1
Interconnections 47	0	1
Energy networks 47	0	1
Current international interconnections 48	0	1
Planned international interconnections 50	0	1
Grid extension to accommodate renewables 53	0	1
Grid infrastructure 53	0	1
Grid connection issues 54	0	1
Grid connection costs 55	0	1
Intelligent grid management 56	0	1
Grid upgrades 56	0	1
Future renewable infrastructure/ grid requirements 57	0	1
Med Ring 59	0	1
African connection 59	0	1
Intercontinental HVDC interconnection 60	0	1
Super Grid 61	0	1
EU wind map 63	0	1
EU solar map 64	0	1
Chapter 4 Current state of the EU energy market 68	0	1
Summary 68	0	1
Introduction 68	0	1
Energy demand in the EU (consumption) 69	0	1
Total energy consumption 69	0	1
Final energy consumption 73	0	1
EU-27 electricity capacity 75	0	1
Capacity factor 76	0	1
Electricity installed capacity mix 79	0	1
Wind capacity 84	0	1
Solar capacity 84	0	1
Geothermal capacity 84	0	1
Hydropower capacity 85	0	1
EU-27 electricity generation 85	0	1
Gross electricity generation 85	0	1
Recent installed energy capacity summary 88	0	1
Percentage mix of what has been recently installed in Europe 88	0	1
Chapter 5 Wind capacity in the EU 92	0	1
Summary 92	0	1
Introduction 92	0	1
The European wind market 93	0	1
Leading countries 93	0	1
Cumulative wind power 96	0	1
New installed wind 98	0	1
Installed capacity dominating the market 98	0	1
Electricity production from installed wind power 101	0	1
Wind capacity planned and under construction 102	0	1
Drivers of European wind power market capacity 103	0	1
The cost of wind power 103	0	1
Wind capital costs 103	0	1
Wind integration costs 104	0	1
Government legislation effecting the wind market in Europe 105	0	1
Regulatory price-driven mechanisms 105	0	1
Quantity-based market schemes 106	0	1
Voluntary approaches 107	0	1
Indirect strategies 107	0	1
Current wind support mechanisms in the EU 108	0	1
Chapter 6 Solar capacity in the EU 110	0	1
Summary 110	0	1
Introduction 110	0	1
The European solar market 111	0	1
Leading countries 111	0	1
Cumulative solar capacity 114	0	1
New installed solar capacity 115	0	1
Solar capacity planned and under construction 116	0	1
Drivers of European solar market capacity 117	0	1
The cost of solar power 117	0	1
Competitiveness of grid-connected applications 117	0	1
Factors affecting PV cost reductions 118	0	1
Government legislation effecting the solar PV market in Europe 119	0	1
Renewable energy â€˜Feed-in-Tariffâ€™ (REFIT) 119	0	1
Financing 119	0	1
Administration 120	0	1
Guaranteed grid access 120	0	1
Government and industry commitment 120	0	1
Chapter 7 Future outlook for the European renewable energy market 124	0	1
Summary 124	0	1
Introduction 124	0	1
Future energy consumption 125	0	1
Population growth 125	0	1
Population forecasts 125	0	1
Increased electrical generation capacity based on population growth 126	0	1
Energy consumption and its impact 127	0	1
Overall energy consumption 127	0	1
Oil consumption 129	0	1
Future carbon emissions 129	0	1
Oil price rises 130	0	1
Future energy consumption by type to 2020 131	0	1
Renewable energy percentage mix to 2020 132	0	1
Scenarios for implementation of renewable electricity generation capacity 132	0	1
Wind growth to 2020 133	0	1
Onshore wind 133	0	1
Offshore wind 134	0	1
Solar power growth to 2020 135	0	1
Wind and solar cumulative capacity by 2020 137	0	1
Other renewables 138	0	1
Problems with increasing mass hydropower capacity 138	0	1
Other renewable energy growth to 2020 138	0	1
Issues with switching to renewable technologies 140	0	1
Capacity factor 140	0	1
Efficiency 140	0	1
Conclusions 142	0	1
Summary of issues 142	0	1
Gross electricity production supplied by renewables 144 Electricity generation by type 144 Current generation mix 145 Future final energy supplied by renewables 146 Future European electricity generation scenarios 148 Reference scenario 149 High scenario 1	0	1

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