RenewableS 2013 GlObal STaTUS RePORT - REN21

Power: 2012 European Statistics (Brussels: February 2013); Brazil,
China, India, Japan, and South Africa from GWEC, op. cit. this note;
China also from Chinese Wind Energy Association, provided by Shi
Pengfei, personal communication with REN21, 14 March 2013;
United States from American Wind Energy Association, AWEA U.S.
Wind Industry Annual Market Report, Year Ending 2012 (Washington,
DC: April 2013), Executive Summary; Germany from BMU,
op. cit. this note. Hydropower from sources in Endnote 1 for this
section. Population data for 2011 from World Bank, “Population,
total,” http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL.
3 Table R3 from P. A. Lamers, Ecofys/Utrecht University, Netherlands,
personal communication with REN21, 14 May 2013.
4 Table R4 from the following sources: Ethanol and biodiesel production
and comparison with 2011 based on data from F.O. Licht,
“Fuel Ethanol: World Production, by Country,” 2013, and from F.O.
Licht, “Biodiesel: World Production, by Country,” 2013. Ethanol
data were converted from cubic metres to litres using 1,000 litres/
cubic metre. Biodiesel data were reported in 1,000 tonnes and
converted using a density value for biodiesel to give 1,136 litres
per tonne based on U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
(NREL), Biodiesel Handling and Use Guide, Fourth Edition (Golden,
CO: 2009). The other major sources of biofuel production data
are the International Energy Agency and the United Nations Food
and Agriculture Organization; note that data can vary considerably
among sources. For further details, see Bioenergy section in
Market and Industry Trends by Technology, and related endnotes.
5 Table R5 from the following sources: European Photovoltaics
Industry Association (EPIA), Global Market Outlook for Photovoltaics
2013–2017 (Brussels: 8 May 2013); EPIA database, May 2013;
International Energy Agency Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme
(IEA-PVPS), PVPS Report, A Snapshot of Global PV 1992–
2012 (Paris: April 2013); Gaëtan Masson, EPIA and IEA-PVPS,
personal communications with REN21, February–May 2013;
German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation
and Nuclear Safety (BMU), “Renewable Energy Sources 2012,”
based on information supplied by the Working Group on Renewable
Energy-Statistics (AGEE-Stat), provisional data, 28 February 2013,
at www.erneuerbare-energien.de; Gestore Servizi Energetici,
Rapporto Statistico 2012 Solare Fotovoltaico, 8 May 2013, at www.
gse.it; GTM Research and U.S. Solar Energy Industries Association,
U.S. Solar Market Insight Report, 2012 Year in Review (Washington,
DC: 2013); Commissariat Général au Développement Durable,
Ministère de l’Écologie, du Développement durable et de l’Énergie,
“Chiffres et statistiques,” No. 396, February 2013, at www.
statistiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr. EPIA data for Europe
and world total were adjusted based on differences between EPIA
numbers and those used from other sources.
6 Table R6 from the following sources: Spain from Comisión
Nacional de Energía (CNE), provided by Eduardo Garcia Iglesias,
Protermosolar, Madrid, personal communication with REN21, 16
May 2013; from Red Eléctrica de España (REE), Boletín Mensual,
No. 72, December 2012, at www.ree.es; and from REE, Boletín
Mensual, Number 60, December 2011, at www.ree.es; United
States from U.S. Solar Energy Industries Association, “Utility-scale
Solar Projects in the United States Operating, Under Construction,
or Under Development,” updated 11 February 2013, at www.seia.
org, and from Fred Morse, Abengoa Solar, personal communication
with REN21, 13 March 2013; Algeria from Abengoa Solar,
“Integrated solar combined-cycle (ISCC) plant in Algeria,” www.
abengoasolar.com/corp/web/en/nuestras_plantas/plantas_en_operacion/argelia/,
viewed 27 March 2012, and from New Energy
Algeria, “Portefeuille des projets,” www.neal-dz.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=147&Itemid=135&lang=fr,
viewed 6 May 2012; Egypt’s 20 MW CSP El Kuraymat hybrid plant
began operating in December 2010, from Holger Fuchs, Solar Millenium
AG, “CSP – Empowering Saudi Arabia with Solar Energy,”
presentation at Third Saudi Solar Energy Forum, Riyadh, 3 April
2011, at http://ssef3.apricum-group.com, and from “A newly commissioned
Egyptian power plant weds new technology with old,”
RenewablesInternational.net, 29 December 2010; Morocco’s Ain
Beni Mathar began generating electricity for the grid in late 2010,
from World Bank, “Nurturing low carbon economy in Morocco,”
November 2010, at http://web.worldbank.org, and from Moroccan
Office Nationale de l’Électricité Web site, www.one.org.ma, viewed
7 March 2012; Chile from Abengoa Solar, “Minera El Tesoro Brings
South America’s First Solar Thermal Plant, Designed and Built by
Abengoa, Online,” press release (Seville: 2 January 2013), and from
Chilean Ministry of Energy, “En pleno desierto de Atacama Ministro
de Energía inaugural innovadora planta solar,” 29 November 2012,
at www.minenergia.cl (using Google Translate); Australia from the
following sources: U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
(NREL), “Lake Cargelligo,” SolarPaces, www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=261,
updated 5 February 2013;
NREL, “Liddell Power Station,” SolarPaces, www.nrel.gov/csp/
solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=269, updated 5 February
2013; Novatec Solar, “Novatec Solar’s Australian Fuel-Saver Commences
Operation,” press release (Karlsruhe: 24 October 2012);
CSP World, “Liddell Solar Thermal Station,” at www.csp-world.
com/cspworldmap/liddell-solar-thermal-station; Elena Dufour,
European Solar Thermal Electricity Association, personal communication
with REN21, 3 April 2013; Thailand from the following
sources: “Concentrating Solar Power: Thai Solar Energy Completes
Nation’s First CSP Plant,” SolarServer.com, 7 December 2011;
“Thailand’s First Concentrating Solar Power Plant,” Thailand-Construction.com,
27 January 2012; “CSP in Thailand,” RenewablesInternational.net,
6 February 2012; NREL, “Thai Solar Energy 1,”
SolarPaces, www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=207,
updated 5 September 2012. Pilot projects not in table
from the following sources: China’s Beijing Badaling Solar Tower
plant, with 1–1.5 MW capacity (depending on the source), began
operating in 2012, per CSP World, “China’s first megawatt-size
power tower is complete and operational,” 30 August 2012, at
www.csp-world.com; China also from the following sources: CSP
World, “Yanqing Solar Thermal Power (Dahan Tower Plant),” www.
csp-world.com/cspworldmap/yanqing-solar-thermal-power-dahan-tower-plant;
“Hainan, China builds second concentrating
solar project,” GreenProspectsAsia.com, 2 November 2012 (has
1.5 MW); NREL, “Beijing Badaling Solar Tower,” SolarPaces,
www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=253,
updated 12 February 2013; Dong Chunlei, “Mirror: By Sunlight
Producing Green Electricity,” Xinmin Evening News, 29 July 2010,
at www.e-cubetech.com/News_show.asp?Sortid=30&ID=204
(using Google Translate); France’s capacity includes two small
Fresnel pilot plants (totaling