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eU: electricity SUpply<br />
68 R<strong>en</strong>ewable Energy Sources in Figures<br />
R<strong>en</strong>ewables-based electricity supply in the EU<br />
other = industrial waste, pumped storage, etc.<br />
g<strong>en</strong>eration in solar thermal power stations not shown due to the small quantities involved<br />
Source: eurostat [98]<br />
More than half the electricity g<strong>en</strong>erated in the EU is produced from fossil <strong>en</strong>ergy sources. The<br />
EU Electricity Directive which came into force in 2001 was int<strong>en</strong>ded to sp<strong>ee</strong>d up the expansion<br />
of r<strong>en</strong>ewables in the electricity sector, one of the aims being to reduce the EU Member States’<br />
dep<strong>en</strong>d<strong>en</strong>ce on imports. On average, electricity g<strong>en</strong>eration has increased by 3.4 % p.a. to an estimated<br />
583 TWh in 2009 (2008: 567 TWh). On the basis of the available data, the r<strong>en</strong>ewable<br />
contribution to total electricity supply in 2009 can be estimated at 17.2 %.<br />
Looking at the developm<strong>en</strong>t of r<strong>en</strong>ewables-based electricity g<strong>en</strong>eration excluding hydropower,<br />
the absolute contribution made by r<strong>en</strong>ewables has more than trebled in this period,<br />
which is an average increase of around 17 % per annum. The increase to date is largely due<br />
to the developm<strong>en</strong>t of two sectors of r<strong>en</strong>ewable <strong>en</strong>ergy: wind <strong>en</strong>ergy and biomass. Gratifying<br />
developm<strong>en</strong>ts can also be s<strong>ee</strong>n in the photovoltaic sector, which can boast average<br />
growth of 72 % p.a. – albeit from a low starting level.
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