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RENEWABLE ENERGY DEMAND IN EUROPE REACHES RECORD LEVELS

RENEWABLE ENERGY DEMAND IN EUROPE REACHES RECORD LEVELS


The demand for renewable electricity in Europe, documented with Guarantees of Origin (GO), continued to grow in 2015. The growth is up more than 8% from 2014 and surpassed 340 TWh. Behind this growth are thousands of businesses and millions of households in numerous European countries – voluntarily purchasing renewable electricity documented with Guarantees of Origin.
The market has seen a steady increase in national participants but is still dominated by a select number of countries. The five countries that consume the most renewable energy are Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Italy. Together they demand ¾ of the renewable energy used in Europe. The Netherlands is the fastest growing market. From 2014 to 2015 it has grown by a brisk 12%, and consumed more than 42.5 TWh in 2015. Germany is still the largest market with a total volume of 87 TWh in 2015.

The marketplace for Guarantees of Origin is steadily growing in terms of countries, with more than 20 countries actively working with AIB (Association of Issuing Bodies) and fully using EECS, the common European market standard.
Norway, Austria, Finland, Denmark, France and Belgium today make up the next group of countries – each with a steady market demand between 10 and 35 TWh annually. The rest of the national markets are still fairly immature, and together represent only a smaller share of the total market demand.
The AIB statistics include only GOs based on the EECS standard. There are still countries with national certificate markets that have yet to adopt the EECS standard. These markets total more than 100 TWh of additional market demand. This pushes the actual market volume beyond 440 TWh.
United Kingdom and Spain – will they join the European market in 2016?
The development in 2015 follows a record-breaking 2014, during which the market experienced a 27.6 % growth and an all-time high, 314 TWh demand for renewable electricity. Moreover, for the first time since 2011, there was a real balance between supply and demand.
With the UK, Spain and a few smaller countries considering joining AIB, and adopting the EECS standard, there is much discussion and uncertainty concerning how this will affect the market. Both the UK and Spain are countries with a sizable renewable energy generation, as well as a corporate sector that can have strong demand for renewable energy. Wholesale prices have risen significantly the last part of 2015. The question market-players and consumers are voicing is “Will the inclusion of new markets give additional push to the upward price development?”
The European demand for renewable electricity documented by Guarantees of Origin now constitutes more than 13% of all electricity consumption in Europe (ca. 3,200 TWh) and approximately 40% of all electricity generated from renewable sources in Europe (ca. 1,100 TWh).
The above is a commentary based on figures published by AIB (Association of Issuing Bodies).
ECOHZ offers renewable energy solutions to electricity providers, businesses and organizations across Europe, North America and Asia – providing renewable electricity, from a wide range of sources, regions and qualities. Renewable electricity is documented by Guarantees of Origin in Europe, RECs and Green-e in the US, and International RECs (I-REC) in selected Asian markets. ECOHZ also provides a new and innovative solution – GO² – combining renewable energy purchases with the financing and building of new renewable power generation. Companies choosing documented renewable energy can reduce their carbon footprint and improve their sustainability ratings. ECOHZ is among the leading independent suppliers in Europe, and is located in Norway and Switzerland. ECOHZ endeavors to play an active role in the current energy transition through its vision of “changing energy behavior”.
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Suzlon partners Brazil: adding 350 MW of wind energy capacity

Suzlon Group, the world's fifth largest wind turbine maker has completed installing and commissioning of over 350 MW wind energy in Brazil over a period of 16 months ending Nov 2014 with bulk of 309 MW being added in Calendar Year (CY)2014. This combined capacity includes projects located in the high wind states of Rio Grande do Norte & Ceara in Brazil. The installations comprise of 150 WTGs (Wind Turbine Generators) of Suzlon's proven S9X product series S95 & S97 and 18 WTGs of Suzlon work-horse of S88, both with a rated capacity of 2.1 MW. The above 168 WTGs were distributed amongst three major clients representing Banks/Financial Institutions/ Funds and EPC/Construction Companies in Brazil. Speaking on the project completion, Tulsi R. Tanti, Chairman, Suzlon Group said: "The successful completion of projects in Brazil bears testimony to Suzlon's value proposition and our customer's confidence and trust in our end to end solutions. We remain focused on high growth & emerging markets and Brazil is a key geography of our growth strategy. Suzlon is committed to contribute to Brazil's energy basket by reducing its carbon footprint and bridging the country's power needs." Suzlon machines across various wind farms in Brazil have delivered the highest Capacity
Factor in Brazil over the years.

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