20% Renewable Energy by 2020: is the EU on track?

Keep on Track! Parliamentary Workshop- Vilnius April 2013

Lucie Tesniere

Senior Policy Advisor

European Renewable Energy Council

EREC Member Associations

Source: Fraunhofer data for the Keep on Track Project

22 MS are in 2011 above their 2011/2012 interim targets including

Lithuania

4 MS are in 2011 below their 2011/2012 interim targets

The EU is on track so far...

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 20200

5

10

15

20

25

RES Share in gross final energy consumptionactual overall RES share

NREAP overall RES trajectory

minimum tra-jectory defined in the RES Di-rective

[%]

Only renewables in transport sector is below planned developments….

Source: Fraunhofer ISI based on Eurostat and other sources

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 20200.00

5.00

10.00

15.00

20.00

25.00

30.00

35.00

40.00RES sector share in final sectoral energy consumption

actual RES-E share

NREAP RES-E trajectory

actual RES-H share

NREAP RES-H trajectory

actual RES-T share

NREAP RES-T trajectory

[%]

Current RES growth rates are not enough to meet the overall EU 2020 target

Transport

-4.00

-2.00

0.00

2.00

4.00

6.00

8.00

10.00

2010-2011 RES Growth Rates

versus Average Annual Growth Rates

required to meet the 2020 Target

Electricity

Heat

overall

A bad exampleThe PV Moratorium in

CZ introduced in February 2010

In 2011, only 6 MW of new

systems were connected to the

grid!

Growing the EU economy

• RES industry driver for economic growth

Economic activity valued €137 billion

About 1,2 million direct & indirect jobs

1%

Replacing fossil fuel imports

= RES technology export instead of fossil fuel imports

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