Renewable energy in the EU 1999

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Renewable energy in the EU 1999
Municipal waste Wood in households Wood in
district heating Wood in industry Wood and waste
in power plants Biogas and biofuels

• Energy consumption in EU countries 1 442,4 Mtoe
• Use of renewable energy 84,6 Mtoe, of which the
  share of bioenergy 53,8 Mtoe (63,6 ).
• Share of renewable energy 6 of the total energy
  consumption

1 toe 11 630 kWh
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Renewable energy in electricity generation in the
EU 1999
Municipal waste Wood in power plants Biogas

• Electricity consumption 2 557 TWh, installed
  capacity 556 GWe
• Renewables 31,1 Mtoe, 362 TWh (14,2 )
• Hydro is the dominant renewable energy source 85

1 toe 11,63 MWh
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Use of renewable energy in EU countries 1998, ktoe
1 toe 11,63 MWh
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EU actions to promote renewable energy (RES)

• EUs White Book, Commission 1997, Council 1998
• Share of RES 6 ?12 by 2010
• no national targets
• share of bioenergy to be doubled
• Renewable Energy Directive RES-E
• national targets defined, RES-E overall target
  22,1 by 2010
• target for Finland 31,5 of electricity
  generation (25 in 2000)

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Targets of Finnish Renewable Energy Promotion
Program

• Year 2010
• 50 increase from 1995 (3 Mtoe)
• 1 Mtoe more than in the national energy strategy
• 27 of total energy use
• conforms with the national climate program
• Year 2025
• 100 increase from 1995 (6 Mtoe)
• several using wind energy
• 35 of total energy use