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EU: SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS
78 Renewable Energy Sources in Figures
Socio-economic aspects of renewable energies
in the EU, 2009
Turnover from renewable energies in 2009
Wind
energy
Solid
biomass
Photo-
voltaics
Biofuels
Geoth.
energy
[mill. EUR]
Biogas
Solar thermal
energy
Small
Hydropower 2)
Total
countries
Germany 1) 6,050 9,450 12,000 3,150 2,000 2,300 1,350 350 36,650
Denmark 12,260 400 60 220 < 5 35 45 5 13,030
France 3,000 2,775 1,660 1,950 2,280 210 615 360 12,850
Sweden 1,250 5,350 550 1,800 810 N/A 40 280 10,080
Italy 2,500 900 3,500 1,500 N/A 500 360 440 9,700
Spain 3,800 1,300 3,000 750 N/A 45 320 400 9,615
United Kingdom 3,500 300 750 170 N/A 1,000 75 N/A 5,795
Austria 350 2,140 550 400 215 50 500 500 4,705
Finland 1,500 1,260 10 210 135 10 < 5 25 3,155
Czech. Republic 70 < 5 1,500 220 N/A 110 70 50 2,025
Rest of EU 3,943 3,085 2,326 1,570 460 160 825 211 12,580
Total sectors 38,223 26,965 25,906 11,940 5,905 4,420 4,250 2,621 120,185
The figures take account of production, distribution and installation of the
plants, plus operation and maintenance.
Source: Observ’ER [101]
1) For consistency reasons, the figures for Germany are taken from the
stated source; since the figures on pages 34 – 35 were calculated on
the basis of a different system, comparisons are not possible.
2) < 10 MW installed capacity
According to Observ’ER, sales of more than 120 billion EUR were made by the renewable energy
sector in the EU in 2009. The rankings are headed by Germany, with total sales of nearly
37 billion EUR. It is followed after a considerable gap by Denmark, France and Sweden, which
together made a further 36 billion EUR. Thus a total of 60 % of sales by the entire renewable
energy sector was due to these four countries [101].
With more than 38 billion EUR – i.e. nearly one third of the total volume – wind energy is
the sector with the biggest sales. Solid biomass and photovoltaic power take second and third
place.
In 2009 there were already 910,000 jobs in the renewable energy sector throughout the EU.
With over 333,000 jobs, Germany had the largest share, followed by France with a further
135,000 jobs.
As far as the individual sectors are concerned, solid biomass comes first with about
284,000 jobs, followed by wind energy with about 244,000 jobs.
In 2010 more than 3.5 million people were employed in the renewable energies sector worldwide
[113].