Under the Renewable Energy Directive Ireland has set a target of producing 16% of all its energy needs from renewable energy sources by 2020. Between 2005 and 2014 the percentage of energy from renewable energy sources grew from just 3.1% to 8.6% of total final consumption. By 2020 Ireland has a target of producing 42.5% of its electricity needs from renewable electricity.

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Electricity generation from renewables since 2008 (in GWh)[1]
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Energy consumption by sector

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Projected total gross final energy consumption by sector in 2020.

  Heating and cooling (52.8%)
  Electricity (24.7%)
  Transport (22.5%)

All EU countries as well as Iceland and Norway submitted National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAPs)[2] to outline the steps taken, and projected progress by each country between 2010 and 2020 to meet the Renewable Energy Directive. Each plan contains a detailed breakdown of each country's current renewable energy usage and plans for future developments. According to projections by the Dutch submission in 2020 the gross final energy consumption in the Netherlands by sector breaks down as follows:

Projected energy use by sector in 2020[2] ktoe RE 2020 target
Heating and cooling 24,989 8.7%
Electricity 11,681 37.0%
Transport 10,634 10.3%
Gross final energy consumption* 52,088 14.5%

*After adjustments.

Using the unadjusted NREAP data approximately half of energy consumption (52.8%) is used in the heating and cooling sector. The heating and cooling sector (also known as the thermal sector) includes domestic heating and air conditioning, industrial processes such as furnaces and any use of heat generally. The next largest share is the electricity sector at 24.7%, followed by the transport sector at 22.5%. Total annual energy consumption before adjustments for aviation is projected to be 52,088 ktoe (52.million tonnes of oil equivalent) by 2020. In order to meet the Netherlands overall target for 14.5% (or 14% using the slightly different renewable energy directive calculation methodology) use of renewable energy in Gross final energy consumption by 2020 (it was just 2.5% in 2005) targets have been set for each sector. Renewable energy use is expected to be 8.7% in the heating and cooling sector, 37% in the electricity sector and 10.3% in the transport sector.

 

Installed wind power capacity
Year Cumulative Capacity (in MW)
2008
1,027
2009
1,260
2010
1,392
2011
1,631
2012
1,749
2013
2,037
2014
2,262
2015
2,486

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Bioenergy source. ELECTRICITY SECTOR

GWh (ktoe using IEA unit converter).

HEATING AND COOLING SECTOR

(ktoe).

Solid biomass 3,820 (329) 3,761
Biogas 907 (705) 101
Bioliquids 0 (369) 0
Total 4,727 (1,606) 3,862
Renewable energy (final energy consumption) in the heating and cooling sector, 2014
Source ktoe Estimated share of total

sector (all sources)

Biomass 3,862 13.65%
of which: -solid biomass 3,761 -13.29 %
-biogas 101 -0.36 %
-bio liquids 0
RE from heat pumps 332 1.17%
Solar Energy 259 0.92%
Geothermal 19 0.07%
Total 4,471 15.80%
Installed wind power. Source GWEC Global Wind Report 2015
Year Cumulative Capacity (in MW)
2001
481
2002
682
2003
908
2004
1,078
2005
1,224
2006
1,561
2007
1,749
2008
2,149
2009
2,225
2010
2,218
2011
2,272
2012
2,391
2013
2,713
2014
2,865
2015
3,431
Year 2011 2012 2013 2014
Percentage of total sector 13.6% 14.0% 14.1% 15.8%
Source ktoe Estimated share of total

sector (all sources).

Renewable electricity 119.7 0.5%
Hydrogen 0 0.0%
Total 119.7 0.5%
Source ktoe Estimated share of total

sector (all sources).

Biodiesels 536
Bioethanol 186
HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) 289
Total 1,010 4.2%
Year Installations in MWp Calculation/References/Note
Cumulative Capacity Added Capacity
2014 400 Calculated back from 2015 added capacity data.
2015 1,000 600 Preliminary data

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  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "National Renewable Energy Action Plans, Directive 2009/28/EC".
  3. ^ "Italian National Renewable Energy Action Plan, Directive 2009/28/EC".