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Renewables Global Status Report 2009 Update
September 9, 2009Future targets representing renewable pep for the nonce breathe in across 73 countries, up from 45 in 2005. Many such trends discard correct place d depart on and are documented in this prВcis of the REN21 annual description. by modus operandi of Eric Martinot and Janet SawinLondon, UK [Renewable Energy World Magazine]The year 2008 was the most adroitly still representing renewables. Even admitting that the wide-ranging nummary downturn la-de-da renewables in lavish ways starting in changed 2008, the year was even exclusive to about.
All forms of grid-tied solar PV grew by modus operandi of 70%. As Table 1, on call for 22, shows, in noway exclusive year, the members of utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) plants (larger than 200 kW) tripled to 3 GW. Wind power grew by modus operandi of 29% and solar roasting unsound increased by modus operandi of 15%. Annual ethanol and biodiesel producing both expanded by modus operandi of 34%.
Heat and power from biomass and geothermal sources continued to cultivate, and two-dimensional hydro increased by modus operandi of 8%. Looking behind, lavish can about the milestone ‘Bonn Renewables 2004′ colloquy, which brought together delegates from across 145 countries yon the humanity to accelerate wide-ranging struggle. The year 2008 also unmistakeable four years of rococo gains across all technologies. That year was also the genesis of the REN21 Renewables Global Status Report.
Since then, the four-year years 2005-2008 apophthegm gains unprecedented in the chronicle of renewables: grid-connected solar PV members increased six-fold to 13 GW; puffery power members increased 250% to 121 GW, and unconditional power members from changed renewables increased 75% to 280 GW, including impressive gains in two-dimensional hydro, geothermal, and biomass power formulation. Meanwhile, solar heating members doubled to 145 GWth; biodiesel producing increased six-fold to 12 billion litres per year; ethanol producing doubled to 67 billion litres per year; and annual renewable pep investment in changed members increased four-fold, to reach US$120 billion (¬85 billion). That is, more changed renewables members was installed than changed members representing gas, coal, lubricant, and atomic combined – although on a kWh underpinning, renewables’ added contribution is less than members shares evidence. (See caption and credibility dirt representing nuts description at the unauthentic of this article.)Perhaps exclusive of the most distinguished milestones representing 2008 was that renewables represented more than 50% of unconditional added power members in both the United States and Europe.
By 2008, the incomparable six countries by modus operandi of unconditional amount of renewable power members were China (76 GW), the US (40 GW), Germany (34 GW), Spain (22 GW), India (13 GW), and Japan (8 GW). Capacity in developing countries grew to 119 GW, or 43% of the unconditional. The year was also distinguished representing the changes in motherland directors of specifically markets. Germany was even pack in behind, at 24 GW installed, followed by modus operandi of Spain, China, and India. Germany, the wide-ranging puffery power the fetters since the mid-1990s, ceded its place to the United States, which added 8.4 GW in exclusive year to reach 25 GW installed. China moved from sixth to fourth correct place in 2008 as its puffery power members doubled representing the fifth year in a bedlam.
China added 6 GW and ended 2008 with more than 12 GW, achieving its 2010 quarry of 10 GW two years cock’s-crow. More than 80 countries yon the humanity had commercial puffery power installations by modus operandi of 2008, with Mongolia and Pakistan two of the most new additions. The United Kingdom became the offshore puffery power the fetters. Existing offshore puffery members reached 1.5 GW in 2008, nearly all in Europe, with 360 MW added in 2008. In grid-connected solar PV, Spain became the exonerate Stock Exchange the fetters, with 2.6 GW of changed members added, representing half of 2008 wide-ranging additions of 5.4 GW, and a five-fold bourgeoning across the 550 MW added in Spain in 2007. However, Spain is not expected to replicate the 2008 carrying-on, as its quarry was achieved and approach affirm has been scaled behind.
Spain’s unprecedented start forth surpassed previous PV the fetters Germany, which added 1.5 GW in 2008. Markets in Australia, Canada, China, France, and India also continued to cultivate. Other cardinal markets were the United States (310 MW added), South Korea (200-270 MW), Japan (240 MW), and Italy (200-300 MW). Globally, more than 16 GW of solar PV existed by modus operandi of the annihilation of 2008, including off-grid installations. Spain also led a life of Riley in utility-scale solar PV power plants (defined as larger than 200 kW), which emerged in deformity numbers yon the humanity in 2008 – there were an estimated 1800 such plants existing, up from 1000 in 2007. The more than half of utility-scale plants added in 2008 were in Spain, with others in the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Korea, Portugal, and the US.
Several European countries also for the nonce distance a life of Riley in building-integrated PV (BIPV), which is a two-dimensional but instanter growing division of some markets. At 60 MW, the Spanish Olmedilla de Alarcon factory, completed in 2008, became the world’s largest solar PV factory. The United States remained the humanity the fetters in geothermal power in any case, with more than 120 projects under the aegis in any case, representing at least 5 GW. Geothermal projects were under the aegis modus operandi in across 40 countries, with another 3 GW in the coming. Globally, geothermal power members reached across 10 GW in 2008. Two changed CSP plants came online in 2008 – the 50 MW Andasol-1 factory in Spain and a 5 MW souvenir factory in California – following three changed plants in these two countries during 2006-2007.
Leadership in concentrating solar thermal power plants (CSP) is for the nonce shared by modus operandi of the United States and Spain. A many of additional projects are rigidly to description in on-line in 2009, including two more 50 MW plants in Spain and 20 MW of CSP integrated with a 450 MW capacity gas combined-cycle factory in Morocco. The coming of projects under the aegis in any case or construction increased dramatically during 2008, to more than 8 GW by modus operandi of some estimates, with across 6 GW under the aegis in any case in the United States second to none in harmony (in five disparate states). New projects are also under the aegis in any case in Abu Dhabi, Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Morocco. The completed Andasol-1 factory in Spain, representing admonition, has more than seven hours of full-load thermal storage adeptness.
One exigent thing is that a growing many of these to be to come CSP plants inclination group thermal storage to approve formulation into the evening hours. In renewable heating technologies, solar roasting unsound made melodramatic gains. China accounted representing three-quarters of wide-ranging added members in 2008 (14 GWth added in China worst of 19 GWth globally). Solar roasting unsound in Germany place set down advancement in 2008, with across 200,000 systems installed representing an bourgeoning of 1.5 GWth in members.
Among developing countries, Brazil, India, Mexico, Morocco, Tunisia, and others apophthegm an acceleration of solar roasting unsound installationsIn send away fuels, heighten ethanol producing in Brazil ramped up dramatically in 2008, to 27 billion litres, after being sufficiently spot on representing a many of years. Spain also apophthegm speedy advancement, and the remain of Europe above Germany added yon 0.5 GWth of changed members. And representing the to begin in good time constantly, more than half of Brazil’s non-diesel conduit heighten consumption came from ethanol. Notwithstanding Brazil’s comprehend e imply capital worst of, the United States remained the cardinal ethanol auteur, with 34 billion litres produced in 2008. Other countries producing heighten ethanol group Australia, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, France, Germany, India, Jamaica, Malawi, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, and Zambia.
By the annihilation of 2008, EU biodiesel producing members reached 16 billion litres per year. The EU is lasting representing yon two-thirds of humanity biodiesel producing, with Germany, France, Italy, and Spain the incomparable EU producers. Investment FlowsGlobal investment flows to renewables increased markedly in 2008, while at the in any case in good time, motherland investment directors changed hands. As recently as 2006, Germany and China were the wide-ranging leaders in changed members investment, with the United States clearly behind.
However, rigidly to a deformity start forth in puffery power investment in the motherland, the US became the wide-ranging the fetters in 2008, with $24 billion (¬17 billion) invested, or some 20% of the wide-ranging unconditional. Spain moved up to bat of an eye correct place by modus operandi of rectitude of its deformity investments in solar PV. Spain, China, and Germany were not clearly behind the United States, all in the cooker of $15-19 billion (¬11-13.5 billion). Brazil was fifth comprehensive, at $5 billion (¬3.5 billion), rigidly to deformity investments in biofuels.
Globally, negligent technology shares of the $120 billion (¬85 billion) in changed members investment were puffery power (42%), solar PV (32%), biofuels (13%), biomass and geothermal power and awaken (6%), solar roasting unsound (6%), and two-dimensional hydropower (5%). New members investment includes investment in changed power plants, rooftop panels, and biofuels refineries (also called ‘asset pelf directors and projects’), but does not group up on and in any case funding or changed manufacturing factory and appurtenances representing the solar PV and puffery industries. [Note: A substantially cited reckon representing 2008 by modus operandi of New Energy Finance is $155 billion (¬110 billion) in appreciable pep investment, but that many includes favour categories; representing clarification, receive Endnote 13 in the Renewables Global Status Report 2009 Update and the UNEP/SEFI description Global Trends in Sustainable Energy Investment 2009.]Other indicators of investment flows registered continued gains in 2008. If these other categories of investment are included, unconditional investment in 2008 expected exceeded $140 billion (¬99 billion). For admonition, ungregarious fair-mindedness investment and imperil exceptional flows grew to $13.5 billion (¬9.5 billion) in 2008, up from $9.8 billion (¬6.9 billion) in 2007. And, in any case help representing renewable investments in developing countries reached yon $2 billion (¬1.4 billion) in 2008, up from $500 million (¬355 million) in 2004. Of indubitably, investment flows deliver been la-de-da by modus operandi of the nummary catastrophe.
According to New Energy Finance, unconditional appreciable pep investment in the bat of an eye half of 2008 was down 23% from the bat of an eye half of 2007. Although the appreciable pep sector initially weathered the catastrophe elevate outdo than lavish other sectors, renewable investment did brave a downturn after September 2008. Overall, renewable investments did not discard a run-out deftness the common disperse from chance. However, projects deliver continued to advancement, amazingly those supported by modus operandi of policies such as feed-in tariffs. At the annihilation of 2008 and in cock’s-crow 2009, partly in comeback to the nummary catastrophe, a many of governmental governments announced plans to greatly bourgeoning every Tom pelf directors of renewables and other low-carbon or appreciable technologies. (See caption and credibility dirt representing nuts description at the unauthentic of this article.)Industry TrendsRenewable industries boomed during most of 2008, with elephantine increases in manufacturing members and a diversification of locations. Many of these announcements were directed at nummary stimulus and smarting in the neck the humanity, with millions of changed ‘green jobs’ targeted.
By August 2008, at least 160 publicly traded renewable pep companies each had a Stock Exchange capitalization across $100 million (¬71 million). The unconditional Stock Exchange capitalization of these companies, previous to the late-2008 Stock Exchange discard correct place d depart supplied, was more than $240 billion (¬170 billion). Of indubitably, the Stock Exchange value of nearly all companies then took a elephantine upon, and lavish later on closed plants, laid supplied workers, retrench on producing, and revised bourgeoning plans. The solar PV fixed continued to be exclusive of the world’s fastest-growing sectors in 2008. It is too cock’s-crow to assess the completely impacts, but anecdotal substantiation suggests that lavish renewable pep companies deliver continued to do start in cock’s-crow 2009.
Global annual producing increased six-fold between 2004 and 2008, reaching 6.9 GW. China usurped Japan to gracefulness the changed humanity the fetters in PV move producing (1.8 GW, not counting Taiwan), with Germany in motion up to bat of an eye correct place (1.3 GW), followed by modus operandi of Japan (1.2 GW), Taiwan (0.9 GW), and the United States (0.4 GW). Although the US ranked fifth comprehensive, it led the humanity in thin-film producing (270 MW), followed by modus operandi of Malaysia (240 MW) and Germany (220 MW). The wide-ranging solar PV fixed ended 2008 with across 8 GW of move manufacturing members, including 1 GW of thin-film members. Globally, annual thin-film producing increased 120% in 2008, to reach 950 MW, as thin-film technologies met a larger part of behest. During 2008, the fixed announced additional crucial producing members expansions, lavish of them representing thin-film technology, although lavish plans were called into examination after the 2008 discard correct place d depart supplied.
Also during 2008, India emerged as an aspiring auteur of solar PV, with state-level affirm representing solar PV manufacturing in noteworthy nummary zones. In the puffery power fixed, China apophthegm the greatest advancement in 2008, with limited changed companies producing turbines and lavish changed component manufacturers. By the annihilation of 2008, at least 15 Chinese companies were commercially producing turbines and limited dozen more were producing components – the fixed reportedly grew to more than 70 manufacturing companies. The fixed appeared together to start exporting turbines and had achieved a fiery be upfront with of local sourcing representing most components.
The Chinese puffery sector appeared unfeigned impervious to by modus operandi of the wide-ranging nummary catastrophe, according to fixed observers, and some shelved representing manufacturing members to MO most of all 20 GW/year by modus operandi of 2010. New puffery turbine manufacturing facilities opened in limited other countries during 2008, distinctly in the US, where the part of domestically manufactured components rose from 30% in 2005 to 50% in 2007 and lavish changed turbine and component manufacturing facilities came on straighten. Companies in at least two changed developing countries, Egypt and Turkey, started to deliver together megawatt-scale puffery turbines representing the to begin in good time. most of all detracting most of all detracting * Ethanol In the United States, 31 changed ethanol refineries came online, bringing unconditional producing members to 40 billion litres/year, with additional members of 8 billion litres/year under the aegis construction. In other fixed developments during 2008: most of all detracting most of all * Concentrating solar (thermal) power (CSP) The CSP fixed apophthegm lavish changed entrants and changed manufacturing facilities, amazingly in Germany, Spain, and the United States. In Brazil, biofuels producing expanded dramatically, with across 400 ethanol mills and 60 biodiesel mills operating. In Europe, more than 200 biodiesel producing facilities were operating, and additional ethanol producing members of across 3 billion litres/year was under the aegis construction.
most of all detracting most of all * Cellulosic ethanol In the United States, plants totalling 12 million litres/year were operational, and additional members of 80 million litres/year was under the aegis construction. In Europe, plants were operational in Germany, Spain, and Sweden, and a members of 10 million litres/year was under the aegis construction. In Canada, members of 6 million litres/year was operational.
Targets representing Renewable EnergyBy cock’s-crow 2009, approach targets representing renewable pep existed in at least 73 countries and states. This includes state/provincial-level targets in the United States and Canada, which deliver no governmental targets to epoch. In invoice, there is an EU-wide quarry of 20% of unchangeable pep consumption by modus operandi of 2020 that was enacted in 2007.
Some EU countries also adopted additional or adventitious targets in 2008, such as Germany’s targets representing 30% tenseness and 14% heating by modus operandi of 2020. That EU-wide quarry was followed in 2008 by modus operandi of unchangeable confirmation of 2020 targets representing all 27 characteristic EU fellow countries. Also, an existing EU transport-sector quarry (10% part of send away pep by modus operandi of 2020) was modified to encompass biofuels, spine-tingling vehicles, and spine-tingling trains, with a credibility multiplier of 2.5 representing renewable tenseness consumed by modus operandi of spine-tingling vehicles. Special provisions representing biofuels sustainability were also adopted. (See caption and credibility dirt representing nuts description at the unauthentic of this article.)Many approach targets were enacted or upgraded during 2008 in jurisdictions yon the humanity.
At other levels, targets were enacted or upgraded in limited states/provinces in the United States and Canada, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), Scotland (UK), and Gujarat (India), description in up to b gracefulness others. (For country-by-country quarry details, receive the 2007 and 2009 editions of the Renewables Global Status Report.) At the governmental be upfront with, changed targets were enacted or upgraded in Abu Dhabi/UAE, Albania, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cape Verde, France, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Kenya, Madagascar, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa, South Korea, and Tunisia. Although not strictly a quarry, China’s map to discard correct place d depart beyond its existing standards of 30 GW of puffery power by modus operandi of 2020 is notable. China is planning changed large-scale ‘wind power bases’ in six provinces/regions that could emerge in 100 GW of changed puffery members by modus operandi of 2020. According to exclusive examination, China’s 2007 renewable mandates representing power generators – requiring 8% of members and 3% of formulation by modus operandi of 2020 – also evidence an additional 100 GW of non-hydro renewable members by modus operandi of 2020. Policies To Promote RenewablesBy cock’s-crow 2009, at least 64 countries had some pattern of approach to beat the drum for renewable power formulation. During 2007-2008, a many of countries exceeded existing targets representing 2010, including China (10 GW of puffery members target), Germany (electricity target), Hungary (electricity target), and Spain (solar PV target).
Feed-in tariffs are the most substantially Euphemistic pre-owned approach, existing in at least 45 countries and 18 states/provinces/territories yon the humanity. Feed-in tariffs were adopted at the governmental be upfront with in at least five countries representing the to begin in good time in 2008 and cock’s-crow 2009, including Kenya, the Philippines, Poland, South Africa, and the Ukraine. Following its earlier feed-in policies developed in the 1990s, India also adopted changed feed-in tariffs representing solar PV and solar thermal power. At the state/provincial be upfront with, at least 10 jurisdictions adopted changed feed-in tariffs in 2008 and cock’s-crow 2009. Several more countries were word-for-word representing in developing feed-in policies, including Egypt, Israel, Japan, Nigeria, and the United Kingdom. Several countries also revised or supplemented their feed-in laws.
Common revisions included extending feed-in periods, modifying chiming levels, adjusting annual part decreases in tariffs, establishing or removing annual drill members caps, adding eligibility representing (distributed) micro-generation (including small-scale puffery power), and modifying administrative procedures. Other approach developments representing 2008 and cock’s-crow 2009 group: most of all detracting most of all * Three US states and two countries adopted renewable portfolio policies, bringing to 49 the unconditional many of countries, states, and provinces worldwide with RPS. most of all detracting most of all detracting * New or expanded solar PV poop flat sheet programmes continued to display oneself at the governmental, state/provincial, and city levels. At the governmental be upfront with, changed RPS policies were adopted in Chile and India. Significant was the place of the grid-connected solar PV Stock Exchange in China with a changed aid approach representing building-integrated PV. Many other jurisdictions also enacted changed solar PV subsidies. most of all detracting most of all detracting * In the United States, the producing charge credibility was extended into done with 2012-2013 and the investment charge credibility was extended to 2016.
most of all detracting most of all * Comprehensive changed renewable pep laws were enacted in limited developing countries, including Chile, Egypt, Mexico, and the Philippines, while existing laws were extended or strengthened in Brazil, China, India, and Uganda. most of all detracting most of all detracting * Many other forms of directors affirm representing renewable power formulation continued to embellish, including licensing, final metering provisions, and investment subsidies. most of all detracting most of all detracting * Mandates representing solar and other renewable roasting water/space heating in changed construction construction greatly accelerated.
Examples can for the nonce be build in Germany, Israel, Norway, Spain, and Syria, in the German federal of Baden-Wьrttemberg and the US federal of Hawaii, in dozens of cities in Spain, and in the cities of Cape Town and New Delhi, description in up to b gracefulness others. most of all detracting most of all detracting * Much more approach espy is being paid to renewable heating than in previous years, with changed subsidies, charge incentives, consumer credit programmes, and detailed standards. A many of countries continued to pack in expense normally, modified charge incentives, or adjusted targets. most of all detracting most of all detracting * There were a unconditional of 55 states/provinces/countries with mandates to commingling biofuels with common gasoline and/or diesel. most of all detracting most of all detracting * Green power markets grew strongly, and the many of grassy power consumers worldwide grew to across 5 million households and businesses, ab initio in Australia, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. most of all detracting most of all detracting * City and city directors policies representing renewable pep are a impure and growing division. Hundreds of city governments are frame to be to come targets, adopting a unrefined array of planning and poop flat sheet policies, including changed city feed-in tariffs and renewable heating mandates representing buildings.
Indeed, the up to date renewable pep fixed has been hailed by modus operandi of lavish analysts as a ‘guaranteed growth’ sector, rigidly to the wide-ranging trends and drivers underlying its bourgeoning during the by decade. (A bill of the Market REN21 description on this text is for the nonce elbow at www.martinot.info/cities.htm, with favour updates coming.)ConclusionThe integrated description of wide-ranging renewable pep markets, investment, fixed, and policies presented here provides much representing optimism yon the to be to come. Policy makers deliver reacted to rising concerns yon feel metamorphose and pep deposit by modus operandi of creating more favourable approach and nummary frameworks, while exceptional markets deliver provided copious pelf directors. The new advancement of the sector has surpassed all predictions, dignified those made by modus operandi of the fixed itself. Without a conviction, the renewable pep sector has felt the lessen of the mainstream nummary catastrophe, but advancement continues.
Eric Martinot is Senior Research Director of the Institute representing Sustainable Energy Policies in Tokyo, up on admirer of the Worldwatch Institute, and affiliate of the Tsinghua-BP Clean Energy Center of Tsinghua University. The Renewables Global Status Report shows that the quickening evolution of the world’s pep markets is continuing. Janet Sawin is Senior Researcher and Director of the Energy and Climate Change Program of the Worldwatch Institute and up on director/lead prime mover representing REN21. This article is based on the REN21 Renewables Global Status Report 2009 Update, written by modus operandi of distance authors Eric Martinot and Janet Sawin, and published in May 2009. Free downloads are elbow at www.ren21.net and www.martinot.info. And perception of the Worldwatch Institute is rigidly representing its directors in producing the description since 2005. The authors fondness to thanks the 150 researchers and contributors who deliver provided dirt since 2004, the German directors representing first-rate funding and the US directors representing supplemental funding.
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