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Contracting Parties of the Energy Community:• Albania • Bosnia and Herzegovina• Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia • Kosovo• Moldova• Montenegro• Serbia• Ukraine
Members of the European Union: • Bulgaria• Croatia• Romania• Slovenia
Geographic scope of the study
• Assessment of the overall renewable electricity potential in the region
• Identification of cost-competitive RE potential – focus on wind & solar PV
• Input to decision making in the upcoming process of undertaking new commitments and developing long-term strategies for renewables.
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Objectives
Cost-competitive potential• LCOE within the ranges of the fossil-fuel supply options.
• Level of cost-competitive potential today, 2030 and 2050
• Sensitivity analysis for cost of capital (WACC)
• Energy Community 2020 Renewable Energy targets
• Alignment with 2030 Energy and Climate framework of the EU
• Increase in electricity demand (as per the National Renewable Energy Action Plans) and ongoing discussion on the required power capacity additions in the region
• Importance of hydropower
• Sharp cost reduction in solar PV and wind technologies
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Context
Shares of Renewable Power Capacity in SEE Total: 36 GW (2015)
Solar: 3.4791 GW10%
Wind: 4.9247 GW14%
Hydro: 27.3065 GW76%
Biomass: 0.3374 GW1%
Resource assessmentSolar PV and Wind suitability analysis
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Suitable locations for Wind investments in SEE
Suitable locations for Solar PV investments in SEE
Biomass, Hydropower, Geothermal energy
National energy strategies, NREAPs, Academic studies – validated by the energy
experts from the respective countries
Assess this map at: http://irena.masdar.ac.ae?map=2411
IRENA Renewable Costing AllianceIRENA Renewable Cost Database
based on data from over 9,000 utility-scale RE projects
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Cost analysisDramatic decline in Solar PV & Wind costs
Significant cost reductions since 2009:• Solar PV module costs by 80%• Wind turbine prices by a third
Potential for further reduction by 2025:• Solar PV - 59%• Onshore wind - 26% • Offshore wind - 35%
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LCOE for CCGT (exclud-ing CO2)
LCOE for CCGT (includ-ing CO2)
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8.2 GW Gap to achieve cumulative RE deployment target for 2020 (based on NREAPs)
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NREAP targets vs.Cost-competitive additional potential
Based on: Medium cost of capital scenario
Solar PV: 5.23 GW4%
Wind: 98.15 GW
77%
Hy-dropower
: 18.12 GW14%
Biomass: 4.7 GW4%
Geothermal 0.69 GW1%
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405.3 GW
20302016
127 GW of Renewable Energy today 620 GW of Wind and Solar PV by 2030
Eliminate administrative barriers and improve market access
Create attractive and consistent RE support schemes
Improve PPA structure
Address grid integration challenges
Enhance skills and capacities
Facilitate access to finance
Impact of cost of capital
Cumulative additional cost-competitive renewable RE potential for SEE - 2016
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Thank you
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