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Innovative Energietechnologien in Österreich – Marktentwicklung 2012
Euro in 2012. This resulted in a total number of 5871 jobs. Research efforts are
currently focused on the extension of the power range, further reduction of emissions,
optimisation of systems and combined systems, annual efficiency improvement and
in the development of market-ready small-scale and micro CHP systems.
Figure 2.2: Market development of biomass boilers from 1994 to 2012 in Austria.
Source: Landwirtschaftskammer Niederösterreich (2013)
2.5 Photovoltaic
For the first time after the early phase of innovators and stand-alone systems the
Austrian photovoltaic market in 2001 experienced an upsurge as the green electricity
bill (Ökostromgesetz) was passed before collapsing again due to the capping of feedin
tariffs in 2004. With the help of different promotion mechanisms of the federal
provinces and the federal government the absolute highest market diffusion of
photovoltaic (PV) systems could be reached in 2012. As a result grid-connected
plants with a total capacity of 175,493 kW peak and stand-alone systems with a total
capacity of approximately 220 kW peak were installed. Hence, in 2012 the total amount
of installed PV capacity in Austria increased to 175,712 kW peak which led to a
cumulated total installed capacity of 362,9 MW peak . As a consequence the sum of
produced renewable electricity by PV plants in operation amounted to 337.5 GWh in
2012 and lead to a reduction in CO 2 - emissions by 130,798 tons.
The Austrian photovoltaic industry is highly diversified covering production of PV
modules, converters and tracking systems as well as other PV components and
devices. Furthermore there is a high density of planning and installation companies
for PV systems as well as specialized institutions and universities, which play an
important role in international photovoltaic research & development (R&D). Within
those economic sectors a total of 4,847 persons are employed full-time which raises
solar technology to an overall substantial and yet growing market.
The average system price of a grid-connected 1 kW peak photovoltaic plant in Austria
decreased from 3,579 Euro/kW peak in 2010 to 2,698 Euro/kW peak in 2012, i.e. a
reduction of 24,6 %. This observation confirms a high economic learning rate, which
is highly correlating to the still increasing world market.
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