The step from nuclear and fossil fuel systems to renewable energy systems involves a radical technological change. Hydroelectric power is currently the largest producer of renewable electricity in the country, generating around 6. This dazzling introductory textbook encompasses the full range of todays important renewable energy technologies. Renewable energy and climate change wiley online books. Not including hydropower, 2010 renewable electricity installed capacity has reached. The 2010 renewable energy data book is filled with informationpacked charts and graphics, which allows users, from analysts to policymakers, to quickly understand and summarize trends in renewable energy both on a u. The 20 renewable energy data book is an important resource for policymakers, analysts, and investors worldwide, nrel energy analyst sean esterly said. This page provides direct access to data that the program has developed or maintains. By fuel, energy consumption growth was driven by natural gas, which contributed more than 40% of the increase.
From these figures, it is clear that solar is one of the least costeffective forms of alternative energy. The analysis considers emissions, sustainability, cost implications and energy security, as political and economic pressures move society towards a lowcarbon future. Wind power is a clean, emissionsfree power generation technology, based on capturing the energy from natural forces. The department of energy and climate change decc has produced its latest visualisation of uk energy flows, in this case referring to 2010. Jan 27, 2015 the 20 renewable energy data book is an important resource for policymakers, analysts, and investors worldwide, nrel energy analyst sean esterly said. Energy data here is presented in primary energy terms. Renewable energy data book department of energy energy. Data from public sources available to evaluate residential energy performance are more robust than those available to evaluate commer cial energy performance. Focusing wave energy for wave energy converter applications wave tank tests at stevens institute of technology quantified the ability of nearsurface platforms to concentrate wave energy over the platform.
The yearly editions of the renewable energy data book, as posted on the u. Buildings energy data book datasets openei doe open data. Dec 28, 2010 with its easytoread approach, this is an essential textbook for students on renewable energy courses, also environment and sustainability courses. Federal support for renewable energy projects and technologies, including tax incentives and loan guarantees. Rwe innogy factbook renewable energy 15062010 page 2 table of contents 1 rwe group 3 2 rwe innogy 6 3 business approach 16 4 renewable technologies 21 4. Renewable generation would have been higher, but for a net decrease of. This means it does not take into account the inefficiencies in the conversion of fossil fuel energy inputs to final energy consumption. Nrels 10th renewable energy data book reveals us green power. Department of energy s information on renewable energy production and usage.
Energy in the united states comes mostly from fossil fuels. As of december 31th, 2009, renewable energy accounts for roughly 5% of the groups generation capacity and will cover 20% of annual capital expenditures 2010 to 20 with 2. By prepared for the buildings technologies program, energy efficiency and renewable energy. Renewable energy consumption % of total final energy. A decrease in the cost of solar technologies which has made. The national renewable energy laboratory recently released its 2015 renewable energy data book, showing that renewable electricity grew to 16. Professor volker quaschning has been a full professor in renewable energy systems at the berlin university of applied sciences since 2004.
Renewable electricity in the united states us grew to 19. The total capacity of projects signing power purchase agreements in africa has increased from less than 1gwyr in 2010 and 2011 to 56gwyr in 201617. Renewable energy and climate change wileyieee press books. In 2008, renewable energy accounted for more than 43% of all new gridconnected electrical capacity installations in. Does office of energy efficiency and renewable energy eere. Renewable energy gis data bureau of ocean energy management. He has had more than fifteen years experience in the renewable energy sector. In the united states, renewable energy has been capturing a growing percent of new capacity additions during the past few years. Us energy production and consumption 2000 2009 for all fuel sources coal, natural gas, petroleum, nuclear, hydro, and nonhydro renewables. According to preliminary data from the us energy information administration, renewable energy accounted for about 11% of total primary energy consumption and about 17% of the domestically produced electricity in the united states in 2018. In the united states, renewable energy has been capturing a growing percentage of new capacity additions during the past few years.
The renewable energy data book for 2015 provides facts and figures on energy and electricity use, renewable electricity in the united states, global renewable energy development, wind power, solar power, geothermal power, biopower, hydropower, marine and hydrokinetic power, hydrogen, renewable fuels, and clean energy investment. The retc book brings together the latest information, rules and regulations relating to the renewable energy industry. Use renewable energy re data explorer, the flagship geospatial tool of the re explorer, to inform vital renewable energy investment and deployment decisions. Renewable energy consumption % of total final energy consumption world bank, sustainable energy for all se4all database from the se4all global tracking framework led jointly by the world bank, international energy agency, and the energy sector management assistance program. Department of energys information on renewable energy production and usage. Secondgeneration technologies are marketready and are being deployed at the present time. Solar thermal, photovoltaic, wind, hydro, biomass and geothermal energy receive balanced treatment with one exciting and informative chapter devoted to each. Firstgeneration technologies, which are already mature and economically competitive, include biomass, hydroelectricity, geothermal power and heat. Energy derived from solid biofuels, biogasoline, biodiesels, other liquid biofuels, biogases and the renewable.
The statistics presented in this article are based on data compiled in accordance with accounting rules set down in the directive 200928ec on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and calculated on the basis of energy statistics covered by regulation ec no 10992008 on energy statistics, most recently amended in november. The eu seeks to have a 20 % share of its gross final energy consumption from renewable sources by 2020. Data from public sources available to evaluate residential energy performance are more robust than those available to. Energy intensity data and documentation published by the u.
Muyeen intech, 2010 the wind energy has the huge potential of becoming a major source of renewable energy for this modern world. Click on the map to launch the userfriendly re data explorer and access countryspecific resource and technology data. Irena and ren21 are collaborating to update their databases of decentralised renewable energy. Capacity data are reported in watts of alternating current ac unless indicated otherwise. Dec 16, 2016 the national renewable energy laboratory recently released its 2015 renewable energy data book, showing that renewable electricity grew to 16. Planners, operators, financers and consultants will find this an excellent manual for planning and realizing climate protection. Pnnl first published the predecessor to the annual buildings energy data book in 1986. Energy consumption is higher than energy production due to oil imports. The choice awareness theory emphasizes that different organizations see things differently. The authority behind the african energy data books projections comes from the giant database underpinning the african energy live data platform. Renewable energy provides both perspective and detail on the relative merits and state of progress of technologies for utilizing the various renewables. The 2010 renewable energy data book is filled with informationpacked charts and graphics, which allows users, from analysts to policymakers, to quickly understand and summarize.
Existing organizational interests will thus seek to keep renewable energy proposals out of the agenda at many levels. In 2010, renewable energy accounted for more than 25% of all new electrical capacity installations in the united statesa large change from 2004 when. This renewable energy data book for 2010 provides facts and figures on energy in general, renewable electricity in the united states. Renewable energy provided 10 percent, or 425 billion kilowatthours kwh of electricity in 2010, out of a u. Renewable energy tax credit handbook, 2010 edition. Provided here is the data corresponding to the 2010 renewable energy data book. Solar thermal photovoltaics bioenergy hydro tidal wind wave geothermal with the aid of over 350 detailed illustrations, more than 50 tables of data and a wide range of case studies it explains, for each source, the underlying. Renewable energy is defined as the contribution of renewables to total primary energy supply tpes.
The handbook of renewable energy technology will be of great practical benefit to professionals, scientists and researchers in the relevant industries, and will be of interest to those of the. Energy information administration projects that solar power will represent a small fraction of renewable energy generation at least through 2035. All fuels grew faster than their 10year averages, apart from renewables, although renewables. Share of renewable energy almost doubled between 2004 and 2018. Acknowledgments this report was produced by rachel gelman, edited by scott gossett, and designed by stacy buchanan of the national renewable energy laboratory nrel. The primary data represented and synthesized in the 2015 renewable energy data book come from the publicly available data sources identified on page 122. Acknowledgments this report was produced by rachel gelman and steve hockett, edited by michelle kubik, and designed by stacy buchanan of the national renewable energy laboratory nrel. Nrel releases the 20 renewable energy data book, detailing. Jan 01, 2010 the retc book brings together the latest information, rules and regulations relating to the renewable energy industry. Department of energys office of energy efficiency and renewable energy eere.
Installed renewable energy capacity including hydropower is more than. Users of the transportation energy data book are encouraged to comment on errors, omissions. Renewables include the primary energy equivalent of hydro excluding pumped storage, geothermal, solar, wind, tide and wave sources. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the principal renewable energy sources including. Department of energys office of energy efficiency and renewable energy developed this resource to. Renewable electricity represented nearly % of total installed capacity and more than 12% of total electric generation in the united states in 2011.
Eia commercial data also include sewage treatment, irrigation pumping, highway lighting and certain industrial facilities. Renewable energy commercialization involves the deployment of three generations of renewable energy technologies dating back more than 100 years. Andrew solway presents an introduction to renewable energy resouces, discussing how they are being developed and utilized and covering such energy alternatives as biofuels, wind, solar, geothermal, nuclear, and. Cheryl jakab examines issues associated with renewable energy resources, explains why they are important and ways that individuals can make a difference, and presents case studies of countries working to achieve. Renewable energy consumption and electricity preliminary.