The European future of alternative energy sources

Renewable energy sources have become the economic factor, to which even the skeptics are already seriously. According to Claudia Kemfert, Head of Energy, Transport and Environment German Institute for Economic Research of the economy, ... In this industry now employs 240 thousand. person and over the next three years is expected to create another 60 thousand. new jobs. An additional impetus to the market of renewable energy provides a discussion on climate change.

According to Karsten Koenig, chief financial officer of the Federal Union of Solar Energy, 40 - 60 years with the help of alternative sources will be possible to fully meet the needs of society in energy. Skeptics believe that view is too optimistic, but they have been forced to revise their forecasts.

For example, the International Energy Agency believes that in 2030 the world energy produced from solar, wind, water, geothermal and biomass will be doubled compared to the present day and is 16 % of the total production.

An even more optimistic about the situation in the European Union industry of renewable energy. According to him, by 2030 the share of renewable energies will grow up to 35%. The European Commission believes that in 2020 a fifth of Europe will be produced from environmentally friendly sources. In Germany, the share of renewable energies could reach 40%, and in the production of electricity, even 67%, predicts the Federal Association of Renewable Energy. A more careful assessment of the Ministry of Environment of Germany: in general, the share of renewable energies will grow from 6 to 16 %, in electricity production - from 12 to 27%.

Currently, the market is reoriented to the solar wind energy. Because the concentration of investment and venture capital in the field of photovoltaic (converting solar energy into electricity ), a New York agency Lux Research warns of the possibility of speculation in the market. From the perspective of the agency, it is necessary to develop other environmentally friendly and efficient energy sources.

These include first of all, the combined energy technology. Thus, manufacturers of solar heating systems and combine them with water pumps. This technology involves the accumulation of surplus energy produced in the ground and use it with a pump in the winter. Among other innovations mikroelektrostantsii decentralized, producing heat and electricity, which is currently testing the Berlin experts. Are there successful achievements in the preservation and accumulation of wind energy. Contribute to making and construction machinery, using concrete for the accumulation of heat or cold.
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