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Shares (existing) / final energy consumption

Definition:
This method is emerging counting the share of final energy (Final energy means at the point of end-use, as electricity, heat, and directly used fuels) to avoid the ambiguities inherent in counting the share of primary energy according to the IEA method or the BP method.
This method counts all forms of electricity equally, regardless of origin. The European Commission adopted this method in 2007 when setting the EU target of a 20 percent renewables share of energy by 2020. Thus, this third method could be called the “EC method.”

Source: GSR 2007

International/World Regions

Global	18 year: 2006 REN21 GSR 2007 technologies: All, Renewables in general, Biomass
Africa	86 year: 2005 EIA http://www.eia.doe.go... technologies: All, Biomass
European Union	7.8 year: 2007 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All, Renewables in general

National Level

Austria	28.5 year: 2008 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All, Renewables in general
Belgium	3.3 year: 2008 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All, Renewables in general
Bulgaria	9.4 year: 2008 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All, Renewables in general
Canada	20 year: 2006 REN21 GSR2007 technologies: All, Renewables in general
Croatia	28.5 year: 2008 http://www.mingorp.hr/Use... technologies: All, Renewables in general, Hydropower, Other Technologies
Cyprus	4.1 year: 2008 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All, Renewables in general
Czech Republic	7.2 year: 2008 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All, Renewables in general
Denmark	18.8 year: 2008 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All, Renewables in general
Estonia	19.1 year: 2008 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All, Renewables in general
Finland	30.5 year: 2008 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All
France	11 year: 2008 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All, Renewables in general
Germany	9.5 year: 2008 German ministry for envir... technologies: All, Renewables in general, Wind Power, Hydropower, Biomass
Greece	8 year: 2008 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All, Renewables in general
Hungary	6.6 year: 2008 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All, Renewables in general
Ireland	3.8 year: 2008 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All, Renewables in general
Italy	6.8 year: 2008 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All, Renewables in general
Japan	3.2 year: 2006 REN21 GSR2009 technologies: All, Renewables in general
Korea, Democratic People's Rep.	0.6 year: 2006 REN21 GSR2009 technologies: All, Renewables in general
Latvia	29.9 year: 2008 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All, Renewables in general
Lithuania	15.3 year: 2008 EUROSTAT http://epp.euros... technologies: All, Renewables in general
Luxembourg	2.1 year: 2008 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All, Renewables in general
Malta	0.2 year: 2008 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All
Mexico	9.3 year: 2006 REN21 GSR2009 technologies: All, Renewables in general
Netherlands	3.6 year: 2008 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All, Renewables in general
Norway	46.7 year: 2007 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All, Renewables in general
Poland	7.9 year: 2008 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All, Wind Power
Portugal	23.2 year: 2008 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All, Renewables in general
Romania	20.4 year: 2008 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All, Renewables in general
Slovakia	8.4 year: 2008 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All, Renewables in general
Slovenia	15.1 year: 2008 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All, Renewables in general
Spain	10.7 year: 2008 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All, Renewables in general
Sweden	44.4 year: 2008 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All, Renewables in general
Switzerland	18.2 year: 2007 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All, Renewables in general
Tanzania	10 year: 2009 http://www.grida.no/_res/... technologies: All, Wind Power
Turkey	9.5 year: 2007 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All, Renewables in general
United Kingdom	2.2 year: 2008 Eurostat http://epp.euros... technologies: All, Renewables in general
United States of America	7 year: 2008 http://www.eia.doe.gov/fu... technologies: All, Renewables in general

Local Level

Beijing	2 year: 2009 REN21 GSR local renewable... technologies: All, Renewables in general
Frederikshavn	24 year: 2009 REN21 GSR local renewable... technologies: All, Renewables in general

REN21 News and Update

09 September 2010
CORRECTION
On page 24 of the Renewables 2010 Global Status Report, the last sentence should read: All ethanol produced in Brazil is from sugar cane. We apologise for this error.

06 September 2010
Second Announcement of Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference (DIREC 2010) (revised version)

09 August 2010
Delhi International Action Programme

REN21 launches the Delhi International Action Programme in conjunction with the Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference (DIREC 2010) to encourage governments and all stakeholders to pledge voluntary actions towards advancing renewable energy deployment and policy development.

15 July 2010
REN21 releases its annual flagship publication Renewables 2010 Global Status Report

24 June 2010
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21 June 2010
Selection Guidelines for Hosting an International Renewable Energy Conference (IREC) (revised version)
A set of simple guidelines for the selection of the host of the International Renewable Energy Conference (IREC) has been agreed by the REN21 Bureau. To date, one country has submitted a formal application to host the IREC 2012. The Bureau will decide by 15 July 2010, on a “no objection” basis, on the host of the IREC 2012.

19 May 2010
Global Wind Day 2010

The Global Wind Day 2010 takes place on 15 June all over the world.