Predpokladá sa, že obnoviteľné zdroje energie sa stanú hlavným svetovým zdrojom energie cieľ dvoch desaťročí: _blank. Krajiny v celej Európe tento trend čoraz viac vítajú – a veterná energia je jednou z hnacích síl.
V skutočnosti rôzne európske krajiny v marci prekonali svoj rekord v počte najviac elektriny vyrobenej z vetra za jediný mesiac. Aj keď je to dobrá správa pre obnoviteľnú energiu, úsilie nie je nevyhnutne rovnomerne rozdelené. Ktoré krajiny sú hnacou silou veternej energie a ktoré nevyužívajú potenciál?
Silný zadný vietor
V marci Medzinárodná energetická agentúra oznámila, že Francúzsko dosiahlo nový cieľ rekordnej výroby veternej energie: _blank 4,9 GWh, pričom Švédsko, Taliansko a Litva tiež hlásia historicky najvyšší mesiac. K tomu celá OECD vykázala medziročný nárast podielu obnoviteľných zdrojov v energetickom mixe o 2 %.
Je samozrejmé, že celkový význam obnoviteľnej energie rastie, pričom veterná energia je v súčasnosti 14 % celkového cieľa EÚ v oblasti dopytu po energii: _blank. A s výskumníkmi rozvojové spôsoby cieľ: _blank podstatne znížiť náklady na prevádzku a údržbu veterných elektrární , tento trend bude pravdepodobne pokračovať.
Hlavným dôvodom úspechu sú stabilné investície do nových európskych veterných fariem, ktoré sa vyrovnali 26,7 miliardy eur v roku 2018 cieľ: _blank. Hoci sú finančné prostriedky porovnateľné s poslednými rokmi, vďaka znižovaniu nákladov vyženie rekordných 16,7 GWh v novej kapacite.
Countries Leading The Way
Denmark is undoubtedly the crowned king of wind power on the continent. Like its Scandinavian neighbours, it shows a lot of dedication to sustainability. Actually, in 2017, it got 74% of its energy from renewables. Wind power consists of 41% of the country’s overall energy demand – far more than in other EU nations.
In Ireland, wind power covers 28% of the country’s energy demand. Although the country is making only slow progress towards its pledge to produce 16% of all of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, it’s still one of the main Europe’s wind powerhouses. According to David Connolly, the CEO of Irish Wind Energy Association, this is mainly thanks to a strong policy framework and support from EirGrid and ESB Networks.
Apart from other wind power giants, such as Germany or Lithuania, the United Kingdom has also showed an increased appetite for wind power. The country has seen the largest annual increase of wind in its electricity demand in the whole EU – from 13.5% to 18%. The UK is also home to the world’s biggest operational offshore facility, the Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm in the Irish sea, with a total capacity of 659 MWs.
Space For Improvement
But it seems like the whole continent is not completely on board with wind power. While this may be mostly due to changes in funding and public subsidy availability, the EU’s 28 members have seen a 32% fall in the amount of new wind energy capacity.
According to the CEO of the industry body of WinEurope, last year, twelve countries from the European Union failed to install a single wind turbine. With the exception of Lithuania, there’s still a lack of ambition, mainly in Central and Eastern Europe. For example, for Slovakia, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Latvia, wind power represents less than 2% of the total energy demand.
If a country lacks one source, there must certainly be another option. It doesn't matter whether it is sun, wind or water. Harnessing renewable energy sources and increasing their energy efficiency lays the foundations of energy decentralization.
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