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Renewable Energy in Europe: Markets, Trends and Technologies SECOND EDITION RENEWABLE RENEWABLE ‘A thorough overview on the main renewable energy technologies market perspectives at EU level, useful for policy-makers as well as for key decision-makers in view of a high efficiency/high renewables policy for Europe.’ RENEWABLE Claude Turmes, Member of European Parliament ‘A very valuable reading towards reaching our ambitious European goals on renewable energy by 2020.’ ENERGY Paul Rübig, Member of European Parliament ‘Clear and concise, this book offers a complete description of the European renewable energy market and gives the reader the tools in Europe to understand RES perspectives in the next decade.’ Anni Podimata, Member of European Parliament ‘All that you always wanted to know on renewable energy technologies as well as industry market trends.’ E Carlos Gasco, Head of the Prospective Department, Iberdrola Renewables Markets, trends NE ow can the European Union meet its binding 20 per cent renewable and technologies Henergy target in final energy consumption by the year 2020? Which sources offer the best prospects for realizing this goal? These R are the questions answered by this key book, which analyses the current situation of renewable energy in Europe, examines the latest GY technological, financial and economic developments, and outlines ways in which the renewable energy market can be developed. The book is divided into sections examining the integration of renewable energy, electricity, heating and cooling as well as biofuels. in All the main technologies are covered, with exploration of: benefits and applications; costs and prices; markets and installed E capacity; policy instruments; key countries urope and success stories; and targets and long term potential. This will be essential reading for policy decision-makers at all levels and for all those involved in the development of the renewable energy industry. The European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) is the umbrella organization of the European renewable energy industry, trade and research associations active in the sectors of bioenergy, geothermal, ocean, small hydropower, solar electricity, solar thermal and wind energy. www.earthscan.co.uk publishing for a sustainable future future sustainable a for publishing www.earthscan.co.uk Earthscan strives to minimize its impact on the environment Environment / Energy Renewable Energy in Europe Renewable Energy in Europe_BOOK.indb i 19/03/2010 11:08:03 Renewable Energy in Europe_BOOK.indb ii 19/03/2010 11:08:43 Renewable Energy in Europe Markets, Trends and Technologies EUROPEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY COUNCIL (EREC) Intelligent Energy Europe London • Washington, DC Renewable Energy in Europe_BOOK.indb iii 19/03/2010 11:08:43 First published by Earthscan in the UK and USA in 2010 Copyright © European Renewable Energy Council All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as expressly permitted by law, without the prior, written permission of the publisher. Earthscan Ltd, Dunstan House, 14a St Cross Street, London EC1N 8XA, UK Earthscan LLC,1616 P Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA Earthscan publishes in association with the International Institute for Environment and Development For more information on Earthscan publications, see www.earthscan.co.uk or write to [email protected] ISBN: 978-1-84407- 875-2 Typeset by Saxon Graphics Ltd, Derby Cover design by A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Renewable energy in Europe : markets, trends, and technologies / European Renewable Energy Council (EREC). p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-84407-875-2 (hardback) 1. Renewable energy sources--Europe. I. European Renewable Energy Council. TJ807.9.E85R4725 2010 333.79’4094--dc22 2009051710 The sole responsibility for the content of this document lies with the authors. It does not necessarily refl ect the opinions of the European Communities. The European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein. At Earthscan we strive to minimize our environmental impacts and carbon footprint through reducing waste, recycling and offsetting our CO2 emissions, including those created through publication of this book. For more details of our environmental policy, see www.earthscan.co.uk. This book was printed in Malta by Gutenberg Press. The paper is FSC certifi ed and the inks are vegetable based. Renewable Energy in Europe_BOOK.indb iv 19/03/2010 11:08:44 Contents List of Figures, Tables and Boxes vi Preface xii Authors and Acknowledgements xiv Part I Introduction 1 Chapter 1 Integration of Renewable Energy Sources 3 Part II RES Heating and cooling 15 Chapter 2 Solar Thermal 19 Chapter 3 Biomass 40 Chapter 4 Geothermal 62 Part III RES Electricity 89 Chapter 5 Wind 93 Chapter 6 Photovoltaic 116 Chapter 7 Concentrated Solar Power 142 Chapter 8 Bioenergy 153 Chapter 9 Small Hydropower 170 Chapter 10 Ocean Energy 191 Chapter 11 Geothermal Electricity 208 Part IV Biofuels 223 Chapter 12 Bioethanol 225 Chapter13 Biodiesel 239 Bibliography 254 Acronyms 262 Physical Units and Conversion Factors 264 Index 265 Renewable Energy in Europe_BOOK.indb v 19/03/2010 11:08:44 List of Figures, Tables and Boxes FIGURES II.1 Final energy consumption by sector in the EU 17 2.1 Solar heating and biomass plant, 5500m2, Falkenberg, Sweden 20 2.2 Development of specifi c costs and installed capacity for small solar thermal systems (forced circulation) in central Europe 22 2.3 Development of solar thermal market per capita 1998–2008 24 2.4 European solar thermal capacity per capita 2008 24 2.5 Residential building block in Denmark with fl at-plate collectors on the roof 25 2.6 Shares of the European solar thermal market 25 2.7 Solar thermal market in EU-27 + CH 26 2.8 Residential building (Austria) with fl at-plate collectors 26 2.9 Large (custom-built) fl at-plate collector being lifted/installed on to roof in Germany 27 2.10 Production of vacuum tube collectors in Europe 28 2.11 House with fl at-plate collectors on the roof (Germany) 32 2.12 Spanish house with thermo-siphon system on the roof 34 2.13 House with vacuum tube collectors installed on the facade 37 2.14 Solar thermal capacity in Europe 38 2.15 Collector fi eld on the roof of a commercial building 38 3.1 RES distribution per sector 41 3.2 Biomass fraction of heat production 41 3.3 Biomass fuels conversion to bioenergy 42 3.4 Biomass to bio-heat 44 3.5 Gross heat production from biogas in the EU in 2006 and 2007I (in Ktoe) 47 3.6 Pellet boiler with integrated fl ue gas condensation (effi ciency 103%, nominal capacities 8, 10, 15 and 20 kW) 50 3.7 Reported retail prices in June 2005 without VAT 51 Renewable Energy in Europe_BOOK.indb vi 19/03/2010 11:08:44 List of Figures, Tables and Boxes vii 3.8 Pellet production in Europe towards 2020 52 3.9 European markets for residential heating systems 52 3.10 Comparison of international pellet markets (2006) 53 3.11 Impact of removal of subsidies on boiler sales in Germany 2006 57 3.12 Annual demand of biomass heating in the Scandinavia area 57 3.13 Biomass targets by 2020 58 3.14 Bioenergy allocation EU-25 60 3.15 Bioenergy potential EU-25 61 4.1 Small heat pump for single family house 64 4.2 Large heat pump in an offi ce building 65 4.3 Types of GHP used: Closed systems – horizontal collector (left), borehole heat exchangers (centre); and open system (right) – and groundwater wells 65 4.4 Small residential house 66 4.5 Its GHP system 66 4.6 Large offi ce complex 67 4.7 Its GHP system 67 4.8 Supermarket in Austria 68 4.9 Its GHP system 68 4.10 Structure of a GHP system for snow-melting and de-icing 69 4.11 Borehole Thermal Energy Storage in Neckarsulm, Germany 69 4.12 Solar collectors and buffer storage for small DH network with BTES 70 4.13 ATES for Prins van Oranje Hall at Utrect, The Netherlands 70 4.14 Test well for ATES at an industrial site (ITT Flygt, Emmaboda, Sweden) 71 4.15 Geothermal areas in Europe 71 4.16 Use of geothermal energy for heating purposes 72 4.17 Kimolos desalination unit 73 4.18 Location of geothermal DH sites in Europe 74 4.19 Total quantities and installed capacity of geothermal heat pumps in the EU at the end of 2007 and at the end of 2008 79 4.20 Geothermal heat pump sales in Germany 1996–2008 83 4.21 Installed capacity for heating up to 2050 84 4.22 Heat production in Europe and EU-27 up to 2020 85 4.23 EGEC targets by 2050 86 5.1 Architecture of a wind turbine 94 5.2 How a wind turbine comes together 95 5.3 Winter: Windpark, Tarifa, Cadiz 96 5.4 European Wind Atlas, onshore 1989 97 5.5 European wind resources over open sea 98 5.6 Calculated costs per kWh wind-generated power as a function of the wind regime at the chosen site (number of full load hours) 101 5.7 Offshore wind power in the Oeresund Chanel Copenhagen 2008 102 5.8 Onshore and offshore wind power installed in Europe by end of 2007 104 5.9 Wind cannot be analysed in isolation from rest of the power system 109 5.10 A high speed train rushing past wind turbines in France 111 Renewable Energy in Europe_BOOK.indb vii 19/03/2010 11:08:44 viii Renewable Energy in Europe 5.11 18 years of global wind energy development 1991–2008 compared to the fi rst 18 years of nuclear development 114 5.12 Leeming 114 6.1 Båstad Hotel, Båstad, Sweden 118 6.2 Daito Bunka University, Tokyo, Japan 118 6.3 Herne Hill school, UK 119
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