ECN publishes NREAP Data Report on EU Member States

Projected contribution of renewable energy sources for the Netherlands in the year 2020 (figure on page 174 of the cited report).

The National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAPs) are documents in which European Member States explain how they intend to reach their renewable energy targets for the year 2020 and the paths towards them.

EU Member States are obliged to submit National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAPs) to the European Commission, outlining how they expect to meet their 2020 renewable energy target, including the technology mix they intend to use and the trajectory they will follow. At the date of releasing the new publication (10 September 2010) 19 countries have submitted this information: Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

NREAP data report and database in New ECN publication

The Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) has extracted key data from the published National Action Plans and has made these available for further analysis and comparison in a database. The main information is also presented in graphs and tables in a data report. This new publication is now online: 'Renewable Energy Projections as Published in the National Renewable Energy Action Plans of the European Member States' (10 September 2010, 192 pages) and it integrates and aggregates, where possible, the renewable energy projection data from the individual European countries, presents tables in various cross-sections and offers graphical representations of the data. Also, derived indicators (average annual growth, full load hours for electricity options, per capita and per area indicators) are presented.

Database
Moreover, a database containing energy consumption and renewable projections up to 2020 for the 19 countries is available for download in CSV format. All information is available from our special website.
The work has been financed by the European Environment Agency (EEA), which has dedicated a news item to the release of the report. These figures are likely to change as more countries submit their plans in coming weeks. When data from the missing Member States become available they will be incorporated into both the database and the data report.

Wind power capacity in GW for 19 European Member States.