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Renewables-based electricity supply in the EU
eU: electricity SUpply
1990 1997 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 1) 2008 1) 1), 2) 2009
biomass 3) 17.3 28.7 40.5 42.8 49.7 57.9 68.9 80.7 90.1 100.8 107.9 107.9
Hydropower 4) 288.8 332.5 354.7 372.8 315.4 306.0 323.3 307.4 308.6 310.1 327.4 322.5
wind energy 0.8 7.3 22.3 27.0 35.7 44.4 58.8 70.5 82.3 104.3 118.7 132.3
geoth. energy 3.2 4.0 4.8 4.6 4.8 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.6
photovoltaics 0.01 0.04 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.5 2.5 3.8 7.4 14.7
Solar thermal en. – – – – – – – – – 0.008 0.016 0.038
Total 310.1 372.6 422.4 447.4 405.9 414.2 457.2 465.4 489.2 524.8 567.1 583.0
RE share of
gross elec.
consump. [%] 5)
[TWh]
11.8 13.1 13.9 14.4 13.0 12.9 13.9 14.0 14.6 15.5 16.7 17.2 6)
1) provisional figures
2) Missing figures replaced by previous year’s figures
3) including municipal waste and biogas
4) in the case of pumped storage systems, generation from
natural inflow only
Sources: eurostat [98]; observ’er [101], [112]; ZSw [1]
5) gross electricity consumption = gross electricity generation plus
imports minus exports
6) estimate by ZSw on the basis of gross electricity consumption 2008
this overview reflects the present state of available statistics (see Sources). these
figures may differ from national statistics, partly because of different methods.
Structure of installed capacity for renewables-based electricity generation in the EU, 2008
44.7 %
(89.7 GW)
4.7 %
(9.5 GW)
0.3 %
(0.7 GW)
Source: eurostat [98]
0.03 %
(0.06 GW)
32.1 %
(64.4 GW)
6.3 %
(12.6 GW)
2.8 %
(5.7 GW)
7.0 %
(14.0 GW)
2.1 %
(4.2 GW)
total installed capacity for renewables-based
electricity supply: approx. 201 gw
(Share of total electricity generation capacity: 25 %)
Hydropower (> 10 Mw)
Hydropower (< 10 Mw)
waste
wood/wood waste
biogas
wind energy
Solar thermal energy
geothermal energy
photovoltaics
Renewable Energy Sources in Figures
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