Renewables share in Austria
The Austrian renewables share
In 2007, 42.7 TWh of electricity were generated from renewable sources in Austria. This makes for a renewables share of 60.4%. Hydropower accounts for the lion’s share of renewable generation. The supported “other” renewable sources, excluding small hydro, only made for 0.85% in total electricity output; supported PV generation amounted to 0.03%.
TWh | Share in electricity consumption | Share in electricity consumption | |
---|---|---|---|
Electricity consumption | 336.7 | 100% | |
Total electricity consumption | 70.7 | 100% | 21% |
Total output from renewables | 42.7 | 60.40% | 13% |
Hydropower | 36.8 | 52.05 % | |
Wind | 2.0 | 2.83% | |
Supported biomass | 1.6 | 2.26% | |
Supported “other” renewables | 0.6 | 0.85% | |
of these, PV | 0.02 | 0.03% | |
Non-supported “other” renewables | 1.5 | 2.12% |
Supported renewables supply to consumers from the public grid
The table below shows the share of supported green energy assigned to Austrian suppliers by the green power settlement responsible OeMAG. In 2008, this was 9.7% of all electricity supplied to consumers from the public grid (2007: 10.5%).
Energy source | Infeed, 2008, GWh | Supported renewables*, 2008 | Infeed, 2007, GWh | Supported renewables*, 2007 |
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Supported small hydro | 945 | 1.7% | 1,527 | 2.8% |
Other renewable generating stations | 4,496 | 8.0% | 4,230 | 7.7% |
Wind | 1,988 | 3.6% | 2,019 | 3.7% |
Solid biomass | 1,900 | 3.4% | 1,631 | 3.0% |
Biogas | 503 | 0.9% | 440 | 0.8% |
Liquid biomass | 36 | 0.1% | 71 | 0.1% |
PV | 17 | 0.0% | 15 | 0.0% |
Landfill and sewage gas | 50 | 0.1% | 52 | 0.1% |
Geothermal energy | 2 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.0% |
Total small hydro and other | 5,440 | 9.7% | 5,757 | 10.5% |
February 2009; source: OeMAG
Supported renewable generating stations in Austria
Section 7 of the Ökostromgesetz (Green Electricity Act) defines accredited green power plants as
“Electricity generating installations using only renewable energy sources shall, upon application by their operators, be recognised as eco-energy installations by decision of the State Governor of the Federal State where the respective plant is located.”
E-Control registers all these plants in a database, which enables us to run statistical analyses and document developments. We can also draw up forecasts on this basis. However, we do not know how many of these accredited stations actually ever start operating.
We compile an annual green electricity report with details about the supported and accredited green power stations in Austria. For instance, we conduct analyses based on the stations’ technologies, locations in different Austrian provinces, load curves etc. The report is available for download from our German pages.
The tables below list the number of accredited renewable generating stations in Austria and the number of these stations which have been contracted by the green power settlement responsible OeMAG (i.e. the ones that receive feed-in tariffs).
Energy source | Number | Capacity* |
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Biogas | 344 | 92.1 |
Solid biomass | 181 | 407.9 |
Liquid biomass | 90 | 26.2 |
Landfill and sewage gas | 64 | 29.2 |
Geothermal energy | 2 | 0.9 |
PV | 6,633 | 48.5 |
Wind | 190 | 1,047.8 |
Total “other” renewable stations | 7,504 | 1,652.6 |
Small hydro (<10 MW) | 2,601 | 1,179.3 |
Total “other” and small hydro stations | 10,105 | 2,831.9 |
Energy source | Number | Capacity* |
---|---|---|
Biogas | 293 | 76.2 |
Solid biomass | 113 | 311.7 |
Liquid biomass | 47 | 14.5 |
Landfill and sewage gas | 45 | 21.2 |
Geothermal energy | 2 | 0.9 |
PV | 3,112 | 21.7 |
Wind | 134 | 960.9 |
Total “other” renewable stations | 3,746 | 1,407.1 |
Small hydro (<10 MW) | 1,305 | 124.7 |
Total “other” and small hydro stations | 5,051 | 1,531.8 |