European Solar Power

Next Generation Power and Energy EU www.ngpowereu.com pe Solar Power in Europe Funding a Low-Carbon Future The European Commission's latest plan to reduce carbon emissions by pumping a huge slice of the 50 billion euros available for research and development into solar power, may raise a few eyebrows Power & Energy Wind €6bn Nuclear €7bn Other €8bn Solar power production in thousand tonnes of oil €50bn equivalent Solar energy will receive the most funding over the next 10 years to be used to develop clean energy over the next 10 years High-Level Germany 580 Low-Level toe Carbon Capture €13bn No record Solar €16bn Total Solar Energy Production, EU 27 (toe) 305,000 96 Solar capacity has increased 4-fold in the past decade 330,000 97 Turkey 363,000 98 420 Spain 375,000 99 137 Greece toe Fossil fuels 37 421,000 00 toe 160 account for toe 488,000 01 80% 539,000 02 of EU energy supply 594,000 03 Austria 676,000 04 108 toe 807,000 05 987,000 06 1,263,000 07 1500 1200 900 600 300 World's Largest Photovoltaic Power Stations (Peak Power, MW) European Commission's Strategic Energy Technology Plan, Goals to be met by 2020 The top 10 largest solar power stations are all in Europe 60 50 40 30 15% 20% 14% of EU electricity will be generated by solar energy of EU electricity will be generated by wind energy of the EU energy mix will be sustainable bio-energy 20 10 Enough solar energy falls on the earth's surface in twenty minutes to meet our needs for a year. Olmedilla Photovoltaic Park Lieberose Photovoltaic Park Germany Puertollano Photovoltaic Park uieds Moura Photovoltaic Park Portugal Waldpolenz Solar Park Germany