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47 IMPSA, “Corporate Presentation,” 2012, at www.impsa.com/es/
ipo/Corporate Presentation/Corporate Presentation.pdf.
48 Toshiba, “Toshiba Constructing Cutting Edge Global Power
Engineering Center,” press release (Tokyo: 27 November 2012).
49 Voith Hydro, op. cit. note 46, p. 88; Andritz, “Research and
Development,” www.andritz.com/hydro/hy-research-and-development.htm.
50 “Consortium wins European Commission grant to show feasibility
of pumped-storage technologies,” HydroWorld.com, 18
December 2012.
51 HEA, op. cit. note 1.
Ocean Energy
1 Total existing (not pending) ocean energy installed capacity in
2011 was 526,704 kW, per Ocean Energy Systems (OES), Annual
Report 2011 (Lisbon: 2011), Table 6.2. OES, also known as the
Implementing Agreement on Ocean Energy Systems, functions
within a framework created by the International Energy Agency.
2 Ocean Renewable Power Company, “America’s First Ocean
Energy Delivered to the Grid,” press release (Portland, ME: 13
September 2012).
3 Tidal Today, “Tidal emerges as first US grid connected ocean
energy source,” 26 February 2013, at http://social.tidaltoday.com.
4 AW Energy, “Waveroller concept,” http://aw-energy.com/
about-waveroller/waveroller-concept, and “Project Surge,” http://
aw-energy.com/projects/project-surge/; Toby Price, “Finnish
wave energy developer on a roll,” Renewable Energy Magazine, 22
March 2012.
5 Capacity values from OES, “Ocean Energy in the World,” www.
ocean-energy-systems.org/ocean_energy_in_the_world/; OES,
Annual Report 2012 (Lisbon: 2012), Table 6.1; United Kingdom
from renewableUK, “Wave & Tidal Energy,” at www.renewableuk.
com/en/renewable-energy/wave-and-tidal/index.cfm.
6 Kwanghee Yeom, Friends of the Earth Korea, personal communication
with REN21, March 2013.
7 Ocean Power Technologies (OPT), “Ocean Power Technologies
Awarded FERC license for Oregon Wave Power Station,” press
release (Pennington, NJ: 20 August 2012); OPT, “Ocean Power
Technologies to Deploy Reedsport PowerBuoy in Spring 2013,”
press release (Pennington, NJ: 27 September 2012).
8 Verdant Power, “The RITE Project,” http://verdantpower.com/
what-initiative/.
9 Leo Hickman, “Abandoned Severn Tidal Power Project to Be
Reconsidered,” The Guardian (U.K.), 20 August 2012.
10 Tildy Bayar, “Current Builds Behind Tidal Energy Take-off,”
RenewableEnergyWorld.com, 26 March 2013.
11 “Atlantis Completes First Narec Tidal Power Turbine Test,”
RenewableEnergyFocus.com, 16 October 2012.
12 Karen Dennis, U.K. Department of Energy & Climate Change,
“United Kingdom country report,” in OES, Annual Report 2012, op.
cit. note 5; Fiona Harvey, “Crown Estate to Invest £20m in Wave
and Tidal Power,” The Guardian (U.K.), 16 January 2013.
13 Eoin Sweeney, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, “Ireland
country report,” in OES, Annual Report 2012, op. cit. note 5.
14 European Marine Energy Centre, “EMEC to Support Development
of South Korean Marine Energy Centre,” press release (Orkney,
Scotland: 17 August 2012).
15 Clean Current, “Clean Current and Alstom Terminate Licensing
Agreements,” 18 November 2012, at www.cleancurrent.com/
news.
16 Alstom, “Alstom broadens its involvement in marine energy by
acquiring a 40% equity stake in AWS Ocean Energy,” press release
(Levallois-Perret Cedex, France: 22 June 2011).
17 Andritz Hydro Hammerfest, “Hammerfest Strøm Becomes
ANDRITZ HYDRO Hammerfest,” press release (Hammerfest,
Norway: 19 April 2012).
18 Andritz Hydro Hammerfest, “Tidal Turbine Powers Up in Orkney –
Harnessing Scotland’s Tidal Energy a Step Closer,” press release
(Hammerfest, Norway: 17 May 2012); ”Andritz obtains majority
stake in ocean power manufacturer,” HydroWorld.com, 9 March
2012.
19 Marine Current Turbines (MCT) Web site, www.marineturbines.
com; MCT, “Siemens Strengthens Its Position in Ocean Power,”
press release (Camberley, Surrey, U.K.: 16 February 2012).
20 MCT, “SeaGen celebrates its 5th Birthday in Strangford Lough,”
press release (Camberley, Surrey, U.K.: 2 April 2013).
21 Pelamis Wave Power, “Viking Wind Farm Approved,” press release
(Edinburgh: 4 April 2012).
22 ”Vattenfall, Pelamis Secure Last Site at European Marine Energy
Centre,” HydroWorld.com, 19 March 2012.
23 Elaine Maslen, “Meygen Lodges Plans for Tidal Array,” 27 July
2012, at www.atlantisresourcescorporation.com.
24 Atlantis Resources Corporation, “Atlantis Completes Narec
Testing Programme,” press release (Blyth, Northumberland, U.K.:
16 October 2012); Atlantis Resources Corporation, “Statement
of Clarification on Recent MEAD Announcement,” press release
(Blyth, Northumberland, U.K.: 4 March 2013).
25 Atlantis Resources Corporation, “Canadian Government Supports
Atlantis Resources Corporation Tidal Energy Project,” press
release (Blyth, Northumberland, U.K.: 15 February 2013); tidal
range from Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada,
“Discovering the Bay of Fundy’s Seafloor,” www.nrcan.gc.ca/
earth-sciences/about/organization/organization-structure/geological-survey-of-canada/7700,
updated 1 March 2011.
Solar Photovoltaics (PV)
1 Based on data from Gaëtan Masson, European Photovoltaic
Industry Association (EPIA) and International Energy Agency (IEA)
Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme (IEA-PVPS), personal
communications with REN21, February–May 2013; from IEA-
PVPS, PVPS Report: A Snapshot of Global PV 1992-2012 (Paris:
April 2013); from EPIA, Global Market Outlook for Photovoltaics
2013-2017 (Brussels: May 2013), p. 13; and from national data
sources cited throughout this section. Global capacity was a minimum
of 96.5 GW, with some missing countries, from IEA-PVPS,
op. cit. this note, and 102,156 MW from EPIA, op. cit. this note.
EPIA data were used as the basis for calculating the total capacity
number, adjusted according to national-level data used where
taken from other sources. Note that data reported by both EPIA
and IEA-PVPS are provided in direct current (DC) capacity. EPIA
data include only systems connected to the grid and in operation
(plus off-grid remote capacity).
2 More than 29.4 GW added based on the following sources:
Masson, op. cit. note 1; IEA-PVPS, op. cit., note 1; EPIA, op. cit.
note 1; and national data sources cited throughout this section.
Less capacity and higher shipments from Masson, op. cit. note 1.
Estimates of capacity added are wide ranging, including 31.1 GW
from EPIA, op. cit. note 1, p. 5; “Solarbuzz: PV demand reaches
29 GW in 2012,” SolarServer.com, 21 February 2013; more than
31 GW installed and over 27 GW connected to grids in 2012 from
“IHS Report Forecasts Global PV to Exceed 35 GW in 2013,”
SolarNovus.com, 8 April 2013; 30.9 GW added, up from 29.6
GW in 2011, from Ron Pernick, Clint Wilder, and Trevor Winnie,
Clean Energy Trends 2013, Clean Edge, March 2013; and 28.8
GW from Shyam Mehta, “29th Annual Cell and Module Data
Collection Results,” PV News, May 2013, p. 1. Figure 11 based on
the following: data through 1999 from Paul Maycock, PV News,
various editions; 2000–2010 data from EPIA, op. cit. note 1, p. 13;
2011–2012 data from sources in Endnote 1.
3 Estimate of 15% in 2011 from GTM Research, PV News, May
2012; 13% in 2012 from Masson, op. cit. note 1. The thin film
share dropped from 11.9% in 2010 to 11.3% in 2011, per Photon
International, cited in EurObserv’ER, Photovoltaic Barometer
(Paris: April 2012), p. 127. Thin film’s share of the market peaked
in 2009 (at least for the 2001–11 period), according to data from
Paula Mints, “12 Solar Power Myths and the Saving Grace of a
Worthwhile Cause,” RenewableEnergyWorld.com, 10 December
2012.
4 The eight countries in 2012 include Australia (although final
numbers may later fall just under 1 GW), Germany, China, Italy,
the United States, Japan, France, and the United Kingdom, per
Masson, op. cit. note 1. This was up from six in 2011, per EPIA,
Market Report 2011 (Brussels: January 2012).
5 Top markets from IEA-PVPS, op. cit. note 1, p. 11, from EPIA, op.
cit. note 1, p. 5, and from national data sources cited throughout
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