Electricity generation from renewable energy sources in Germany — Potentials, costs and implementation strategies

Andreas Wiese

Renewable Energy, 1994, vol. 5, issue 5, 1390-1393

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to analyse the technical potentials and the costs of renewable energy sources for electricity generation in Germany and to define and discuss possible strategies for a largescale implementation of such renewable sources into the German power generation system. Four renewable options are discussed: hydropower, windtechnical and photovoltaic electricity generation and the possible electricity production of biomass. First the technical potentials are identified for the present and future reference years. Then the specific costs are analysed, as well for the present and the future. Finally an exemplary implementation strategy is defined and discussed leading to a total renewable electricity generation in the year 2020 of about 86 TWh/a which would be a share of about 19 % of the total present electrical energy demand.

Date: 1994
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DOI: 10.1016/0960-1481(94)90177-5

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