Wind and emission reductions Moving to a 30% target

Wind and emission reductions Moving to a 30% target

Rémi GruetClimate Change AdvisorEuropean Wind Energy Association Date

Outline of presentation

• Wind market status

• Prospective Wind growth and scenarios

• Wind-avoided CO2 in the EU

• Global Wind and a new climate agreement

• Additional content

Source: EWEA

1MW = enough electricity for 750 average EU households

Annual EU wind energy installations (in MW)

Source: EWEA

Cumulative EU wind energy installations

Net = installations – decommissioning in MW

Net power capacity in the EU 2000-2008

Source: EWEA, EPIA and Platts Power Vision

TOTAL: 23,851 MW

Renewables: 13,200MW

New power capacity installed in 2008

Source: EWEA and Platts Power Vision

Cumulative wind power installations (end 2008)

Source: EWEA, Pure Power (March 2008)

• Wind market status

• Prospective Wind growth and scenarios

• Wind-avoided CO2 in the EU

• Global Wind and a new climate agreement

• Additional content

Outline of presentation

March 2009: EWEA increased its 2020 target from 180 GW to 230 GW (incl. 40 GW offshore)

Rising energy demand and contribution from wind power

2000: 12.9 GW

2008: 66 GW 2020: 230 GW

Two decades toinstall 0.9% of EUelectricity demand

Demand: 2,577 TWh

Accelerating pace: reaching 4.2% end 2008

Demand: 3,380 TWh

14%-18%despite growing demand

Demand: 4,107 TWh

Source: EWEA

GW 2008level

Annual EU wind power installations required to reach 230 GW by 2020

02

468

10121416

1820

2008 2009-2010 2011-2015 2016-2020

Source: EWEA

Outline of presentation

• Wind market status

• Prospective Wind growth and scenarios

• Wind-avoided CO2 in the EU

• Global Wind and a new climate agreement

• Additional content

• Wind energy avoids CO2-emissions

– Wind produces CO2-free electricity, otherwise produced with gas, coal and oil power plants, which emit CO2

– Scenarios enable projections towards 2020

• Industrialised countries have emissions reduction targets – Kyoto Protocol – up until 2012– 2020 targets (EU, Norway)

How much of these reduction targets can wind achieve ?

More wind – less CO ₂

Source: DG TREN: Trends to 2030

• Gas, coal and oil plants produce on av. 666 gCO2/kWh

• Wind production avoids2008: 137 TWh 91 Mt CO2

2012: 234 TWh 146 Mt CO2

2020: 582 TWh 333 Mt CO2

• Kyoto Protocol EU target 2008-2012 = 7.8% 450 MtCO2e per year below 1990 emissions

• EU Climate package target by 2020 = 20% 1160 MtCO2e in 2020 below 1990 emissions

Example: wind in the EU

Source: EWEA, Pure Power (March 2008); DG TREN: Trends to 2030

EU - Wind power will avoid as much CO2 as...

20% of the EU’s Kyoto target

32% of the EU’s

Kyoto target

29% of the EU’s2020 target

(20%)

2020

2008

2012

From 2008-2020, wind will avoid 28% of the EU cumulative reduction efforts

Emission Reduction Effort

Wind-avoided CO2 Emissions: 28%

EU-27’s Kyoto Target

(7,8%) EU-27 2020 target Climate Package

(20%)

Wind-avoided CO2 = 32% of

EU Kyoto target Wind-avoided CO2 = 29% of

EU 2020 target

… from Kyoto until 2012 and the climate package until 2020

EU 2020 – Wind power versus car emissions

EU 2012 – Wind avoids 146 MtCO2,

eq. to 46 million cars

20% of EU fleet !

EU 2020 – wind avoids 333 MtCO2,

eq. to 168 million cars 80% of EU fleet !

EU fleet - 214 million cars

• Wind market status

• Prospective Wind growth and scenarios

• Wind-avoided CO2 in the EU

• Global Wind and a new climate agreement

• Additional content

Outline of presentation

At global level - Wind’s contribution to pledges for Copenhagen

Source: UNFCCC Secretariat – FCCC/KP/AWG/2009/10/Add.4/Rev.2

Current UNFCCC pledges

+ USA climate bill: 17%-20% of 2005 emissions

= aggregated Annex I pledges 13%-20% of 1990 emissions

Versus Global Wind in 2020– 1081 GW installed capacity– 2650 TWh produced 1591 Mt CO2 avoided

-22 to 25%

16% of Annex I 2008 Kyoto target

44% of Annex I

2012 Kyoto target

65% of Annex I2020 pledges

(13%)

2020200

8201

2

Annex I - Global Wind in 2020 will avoid…

16% of Annex I 2008 Kyoto target

44% of Annex I

2012 Kyoto target

2020200

8201

2

Annex I – Global Wind in 2020 will avoid…

42% of Annex I2020 pledges

(20%)

• For a 50% chance to stay below 2°C increase…– Developed countries 25%-40% from 1990

by 2020– Developing countries 15-30% deviation from

BAU

• Projections for 2020 emissions in energy sector (Mt)

USA-China-India – target or deviation from BAU

China India

International Energy Agency (IEA)

9,475 1,818

Energy Info. Admin (EIA, US)

10,004 2,187

University of Grenoble (POLES)

7,551 2,926

Source: World Resource Institute – CAIT GHG Database

28 % of US pledge for 2020

USA - Wind in 2020 will avoid as much CO₂ as

US pledge = 17% from 2005 levels

…20% to 26% of China’s GHG reductions

POLES

EIA IEA

China - 15% from BAU by 2020 (energy)

Wind power can contribute…

POLESEIA IEA

India - 15% from BAU by 2020 (energy)

Wind power can contribute…

…46% to 74% of India’s GHG reductions

• Wind power will significantly reduce emissions, both in industrialised and developing countries.

• Wind power will provide for a significant portion of the emissions reductions as pledged for a Copenhagen agreement, with existing legislation.

Industrialised countries must review and raise their pledges for reduction targets

More advanced developing countries should consider appropriate reductions from BAU

Conclusion

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Additional content

– Additional Climate slides– How a turbine comes together– Economics of Wind– Wind and employment– Wind innovations– EU wind map– Wind pictures– Environmental impacts

• Wind and birds / bats• Spatial planning

EU ETS – New wind power (built after 2012) will avoid the equivalent of...

55% of the EU ETS target for the power sector in 2020 (20% target)1

1. Considering constant electricity consumption

How a turbine comes together

Cost structure – EU Typical 2MW turbine

Cost of generated power 1– Wind versus conventional

Assumes CO2 costs: 25$/tCO2 Oil price : IEA2007 - 59$/barrel in 2010

Cost of generated power 2 – Wind versus conventional Assuming increased oil and CO2 prices

Assumes CO2 costs: 35$/tCO2 Oil price doubled to 118$/barrelCoal price up 50%

Cost of generated power 3 –IEA forecast for the EU, in 2015 and 2030

Includes CO2 costs: 30$/MWh for coal and 15$/MWh for gas

How many jobs to expect from Wind ?

• Jobs in the EU in Wind in 2008– Direct jobs: 108 000– Direct + Indirect jobs: 154 000

• Predicted jobs in the EU in Wind in 2020– Direct jobs: 190 000– Direct + Indirect jobs: 328 000

Wind Resource in the EU-15