Powering Europe - European Wind Energy Association

Legend
The grid maps depict the evolution of renewable energy
in the European power system up to 2050.
productionsources
The main on-land and offshore renewable energy producing
areas are shown. Each source is represented
by a different icon.
Onshore and offshore wind
Hydro
Ocean
Biomass
Solar
In order to indicate the general location of the generation
sources, shaded bubbles have been incorporated
into the map. These bubbles vary in size according
to the relevance and penetration level of the corresponding
generation source in the different areas and
timeframes 17 .
Wind energy production area
Hydro energy production area
Ocean energy production area
Biomass energy production area
Solar energy production area
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The five countries with the highest electricity consumption
were identified and a corresponding icon
was added according to their approximate higher consumption
area 18 .
Main consumption area
powercorridors
The main transmission corridors 19 are coloured according
to the dominant renewable energy source flowing
across them; this does not mean that there are no
other power production sources using those transmission
routes.
Power corridor
17 The main sources of information were EWEA, OffshoreGrid, and the Greenpeace-ErEc [r]evolution scenarios. Based on these
sources, 3E identified the main types of power generation, their locations and possible penetration levels for the different years.
18 Data from European commission, Directorate-General for Energy, EU Energy Trends to 2030 – Update 2009, IccS-NTUA for Ec, 4
August 2010.
19 Transmission lines were based on the current UcTE map, the ENTSO-E ten year development plan, and EWEA’s 20 Year Offshore
Network Development Master plan.
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