Media Briefing: Global status on renewables

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1 Media Briefing: Global status on renewables South African Interna?onal Renewable Energy Conference Cape Town, South Africa 4-7 October, 2015 Chris>ne Lins 2015 Execu>ve Secretary

2 REN21 Renewables 2015 Global Status Report The report features: Global Overview Market & Industry Trends Investment Flows Policy Landscape Distributed Renewable Energy for Energy Access Feature: Using Renewables for Climate Change Adapta>on The report covers: All renewable energy technologies The power, hea>ng & cooling, and transport sector Energy Efficiency Country data available under new REN21 Renewables Interac>ve Map

3 A Decade Surpassing Expecta?ons Global installed capacity and produc>on from all renewable technologies have increased substan>ally Significant cost reduc>ons for most technologies Suppor>ng policies spread throughout the world

4 Renewable Energy in the World Renewable energy provided an es>mated 19.1% of global final energy consump>on in 2013 The share of modern renewable energy increased to 10.1% The share of tradi>onal biomass was of 9%, same as in 2012 SE4ALL: doubling the share of renewable energy from 18% in 2010 à 36% by 2030

5 Renewable Energy Champions - annual investment/capacity addi?ons REN21 Renewables 2015 Global Status Report

6 Renewable Energy Shares Power: Renewables accounted 27.7% of global power genera>on capacity and 22.8% of global electricity demand Hea?ng and Cooling: Small but share of final global heat demand: approx. 8% Transport: Renewable energy accounted for an es>mated 3.5% of global energy demand for road transport in 2013, up from 2% in 2007

7 Key Renewable Energy Technologies Hydropower Wind power Solar Photovoltaics (PV) Concentra>ng Solar Power (CSP) Bioenergy Bioenergy liquid biofuels Solar Thermal Hea>ng & Cooling

8 Solar Photovoltaics (PV) total global capacity +40 GW added Total capacity: 177 GW End of 2014: More than 60% of all PV capacity in opera>on worldwide was added over past 3 years South Africa: 0.8 GW installed in 2014; among the top 10 solar PV markets for the first >me

9 Global Investment in Renewable Energy 2014: Global new investment es>mated USD billion (w/ hydro = USD 301 billion) Why? o Increase in solar power installa>ons in China and Japan o Investment in solar power up 25% o Record investment in offshore wind projects in Europe

10 Global Investment in Renewable Energy Developed Countries: Annual investment in 2014: USD billion (increase of 3 % compared to 2013) Developing Countries: annual investment in 2014: USD billion (increase of 36% compared to 2013)

11 Distributed Renewable Energy (DRE) 15% of the global popula>on s>ll lack electricity access DRE systems offer unprecedented opportunity to accelerate the transi>on to modern energy services in remote areas and new markets o more cost- compe>>ve Informa>on available indicates that markets are significant, o off- grid solar PV alracted approx. USD 64 billion of investment in 2014

12 Regional Overview SADC = 36% of the total popula>on of Africa (926 million) Electricity access varies widely o 9% in DRC à 100% in Mauri>us Renewables = 23.5% of total electricity genera>on Environment & Health concerns o Deforesta>on, poor indoor air quality Energy Efficiency: 14 countries have EE programmes Focus: improving access to modern energy services for the off- grid popula>on and increasing security of energy supplies

13 Policy & Investment Regional policy drivers: 1. electricity supply shortages in several key countries 2. changing economics of wind and solar energy 3. emergence of new policy concepts 4. offset dependence on fossil fuels Africa adracted 3% of total of RE investment in 2014 = USD 8 billion 2014 Investment in Mauri>us, South Africa and Tanzania = USD 5.8 billion o South Africa = USD 5.5 billion Alrac>ng investment is becoming easier o 6 SADC member states are adrac?ve to investors (Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe)

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