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The State of Renewable Energies in Europe THE STATE OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES IN EUROPE EDITION 14th EurObserv’ER Report Barometer prepared by Observ’ER (FR) in the frame of the “EurObserv’ER 2013-2016” project with the following consortia members: Renac (DE), Institute for Renewable Energy (IEO/ EC BREC, PL), Jožef Stefan Institute (SI), ECN (NL), Frankfurt School of Finance & Management (DE). THE STATE OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES IN EUROPE Co-funded by the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme of the European Union EDITION 14th EurObserv’ER Report s cto beets ro te c spport o ee, te Iteet Eer – Erope rore Csse es épôts. e soe resposbt or te cotet o ts pbcto es t te tors. It oes ot reect te opo o te Erope o, or tt o ee, or Csse es épôts. eter te ECI, te Erope Cosso, ee or Csse es épôts re resposbe or se tt be e o te orto cote tere. 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