Progress of electricity from biomass, wind and photovoltaics in the European Union

Arnulf Jäger-Waldau and Heinz Ossenbrink

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2004, vol. 8, issue 2, 157-182

Abstract: The world market for renewable energies is continuously growing. In particular, the wind energy and photovoltaic markets show yearly growth rates between 20 and over 30% in the last few years. Despite the fact that there are still discrepancies between the European Union and the USA how to deal with climate change, renewable energies will play an important role for the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol and the worldwide introduction of tradable green certificates. Apart from the electricity sector, renewable energy sources for the generation of heat and the use of environmental friendly bio-fuels for the transport sector will become more and more important in the future. This article tries to give an overview about the progress of renewable energies in Europe.

Keywords: Renewable; energies; Biomass; Wind; energy; Photovoltaic; Energy; challenge; Policy; options; Technological; development; Market; development; Kyoto; Protocol (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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