The document discusses global trends in the use of solar energy. It notes that while the share of renewables in energy consumption is still small, many countries have ambitious plans to rapidly increase solar power. It highlights innovative solar technologies like concentrated solar power and new hybrid PV-thermal solar collectors that can increase efficiency. These technologies open opportunities for solar power generation, desalination, enhanced oil recovery, and other applications. The document concludes renewable energy is key to the global transition to low-carbon energy systems.
5. Energy Mix and Share of Renewables in Primary Energy Consumption
➢ Share of Renewables is still very small
➢ Energy demand decreased by 5% due to COVID19, almost 7 times the declination effects of 2008 economic crisis
➢ Carbon emissions decreased due to COVID19
➢ Economic recovery from COVID19 will be based on renewable energy & energy efficiency (EU “European Green Deal
“, IEA, IRENA)
➢ 4th industrial revolution requires massive energy transition
6. Global Energy Mix & Transformation Towards Renewable Energy
➢ The energy sector is in a state of transition due to serious consequences of climatic change and global consensus on
reduction of GHG emissions.
➢ In Paris COP21, 195 countries agreed to limit the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-
industrial levels and to aim for 1.5 °C.
➢ Fundamental shift in energy-related environmental issues - policy considerations increasingly driven by concerns about
environmental sustainability, economic competitiveness, energy security, air pollution and climate change.
➢ Europe & UK made a decision to reach carbon neutralization by 2050 (1.8 Trillion Euro investments for short term)
➢ Many other countries world including China, India, and even oil countries announced ambitious solid plants for
accelerated deployment of renewables on large scales
➢ For transformation and tackling climate change, renewable energies are no longer considered as back-up secondary
Source: REN21: RENEWABLES
2018 GLOBAL STATUS REPORT
Petroleum
Coal
Natural gas
10. Important Considerations & Trends
➢Reshaping the future by decarburization of the
energy sector for present and next generations
➢Solar is the next king of electricity
➢Energy storage is extremely important
➢Natural gas will play a great role in
decarburization during transformation
➢Decarburization of public transportation, electric
cars + solar + hydrogen
➢Hydrogen will play a game changing role,
especially green hydrogen (Airbus is developing 3
models of engines working on hydrogen)
➢Ammonia is the future fuel for Marin transport
➢Sectors Coupling
➢New technologies in the heart of transformation
➢Energy Efficiency is a job creation machine for
small & medium enterprises
Source: EUGCC Network
➢ Resilience of Energy Systems
➢ Cyber security
➢ Extreme climatic events &
natural disasters
25. Molten salt storage
Molten salt storage tanks at ANDASOL 1 with 1010 MWh storage
capacity during construction in December 2007 (ACS Cobra)
Pros & Cons of CSP
❑ High capital costs 4-6 times cost
of PV
❑ Complexity and necessity for
highly skilled labor
❑ Dependency on direct radiation,
needs tracking, evacuated tubes,
and loss of diffuse radiation part
❑ High costs of engineering , which
makes it economically viable only
for large scale plants minimum
30-50 MW
❑ Large land footprint per installed
capacity
Advantages
➢ High capacity Factor (80% and higher)
➢ Power dispatch on demand
➢ Grid stability
➢ Lower cost of energy storage
35. CONCLUSIONS
➢ The energy sector is in a state of transition due to serious consequences of climatic
change and global warming.
➢ Renewable energy, especially solar PV & Thermal technologies is the base for the
transformation of the global energy system.
➢ Energy storage is critical and cost needs to be reduced
➢ Hydrogen and sectors coupling through power-to-x may play a game changing role
➢ Energy efficiency is gaining considerable attention and is an essential part of energy
transformation
➢ Hybrid PV-T is gaining more interest and is considered in the emergent phase with high
potential market and wide range of applications.
➢ Through intensive R & D worldwide, unique pivotal technologies are being developed
addressing major sustainability challenges and creating new business opportunities
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