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Overview of the status of renewable energy
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policy and market development worldwide
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Lily Riahi
Lily.Riahi@Ren21.net
Policy Advisor
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La Habana, Cuba WWEC2013
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AMulti-stakeholder Policy Network grouping
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Science & Academia:
IIASA, ISES, SANEDI, TERI, etc.
NGOs:
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CURES, GFSE,
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Greenpeace, ICLEI, ISEP, level
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JREF, WCRE, WRI, WWF, Fifth level
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Industry Associations:
ACORE, ARE, CEC, CREIA,
EREC, GWEC, IGA, IHA,
WBA, WWEA, etc.
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Organisations:
ADB, EC, GEF, IEA,
IRENA, UNEP, UNIDO,
UNDP, Worldbanketc.
National Governments:
Brazil, Germany,
Denmark, Norway,
India, Spain, UAE, UK,
Uganda, etc.
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Multi-stakeholder Policy Network grouping:
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 National governments: Brazil, Germany, Denmark, UK, Spain, Norway, India,
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UAE, US, Uganda, Morocco, etc.
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 International organisations: EC, IEA, IRENA, UNEP, UNIDO, UNDP, ADB, GEF, etc
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EREC, etc
 Science & Academia: SANEDI, IIASA, TERI, etc.
 NGOs: WWF, Greenpeace, ICLEI, CURES, WRI, etc.
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 Launched on the 12 of June 2013 along with UNEP’s Global trends in RE investment
 Team of over 500 Contributors, researchers & reviewers worldwide
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 The report features:
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• Global Market Overview
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• Industry Trends
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• Policy Landscape
• Rural Renewable Energy
 All renewable energy technologies
 Sectors: power, heating/cooling, transport
 New elements in 2013:
 Feature on system transformation
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5. Renewable Energy in the World
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Nuclear: 2.5%
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Renewable
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Fossil Fuels: 79.1%level
19.0%
Traditional Biomass (9.6%)
Modern Biomass (3.7%)
Biofuels (0.8%)
Wind (0.3%)
Solar (0.2%)
Biogas (0.2%)
Geothermal (0.2%)
Waste (0.1%)
Marine (< 0.01%)
Hydro (3.1%)
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 RE supplied an estimated 19% of global final energy consumption
 UN Secretary General’s goal : doubling the share of renewable energy in the
global energy mix by 2030
 Renewable energy continued to grow strongly despite policy uncertainty in
some countries, the geography of renewables is expanding as prices fall and
policies spread
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 Renewable energy comprise more than
26% of global power generation capacity
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 21.7% of global electricity is produced
from renewable energy.
 Renewables accounted for nearly half of
the estimated 280 GW of new electric
capacity installed in 2012.
Renewable Energy Share of Global Electricity
Production, 2012
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7. New annual power capacity added in EU in 2012:
70 % renewable based
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8. Wind Power
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 In 2012, more than 45 GW of wind power capacity were installed, increasing
the global total to 283 GW.
 2012 can be characterized as record year for US installations and a slower
market in China. Asia still led global markets, but with North America a close
second, and Europe not far behind.
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9. Solar Power
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 29.4 GW of new solar PV capacity came into being in 2012
 Global cumulative installed solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity has surpassed 100
GW in 2012.
 Prices of solar PV modules fell by more than 40 % in 2011 and by another 30 %
in 2012.
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 March 2013: Opening of Shams 100 MW CSP installation in the United Arab
Emirates which makes it the largest parabolic trough power station in the
world
 End of 2012: start of construction of 160 MW of CSP installation in Ourzazate
in Morocco
 Now at 2 550 MW
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Market Overview Solar Heating & Cooling
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 Transition towards the use of larger systems, increasing use of CHP and
district schemes.
 Growing trend to use solar resources to generate process heat for
industry.
 Solar hot water used in over 200 million households and commercial
buildings.
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12. Investment Flows
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Renewable Energy Investment
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 RE investment declines
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technology price
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13. Industry Trends
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 RE industry saw continued growth in manufacturing, sales and installation
 Cost reductions (especially in PV and onshore wind) contributed to growth
 Changing policy landscape in many countries  industry consolidation,
international trade disputes
 Worldwide jobs in renewable energy industries exceeded 5 000 million in 2012;
clustered primarily in bioenergy and solar industries
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 Targets in 139 countries; more than half are developing countries
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now 127 countries with RE support policies identified
 Developing countries and emerging economies now account for over 2/3rds
of all countries with RE policies in place
 Some setbacks resulting from a lack of long-term policy certainty and
stability in many countries
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15. Historic Projections Fall Short
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“The future of renewable energy is
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fundamentally a choice, not a foregone
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conclusion given technology and
economic trends”
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Three complementary goals by 2030:
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