Potentials and costs of renewable sources of energy in the Federal Republic of Germany
- Stuttgart Univ. (Germany). Inst. for Energy Economics and the Rational Use of Energy (IER)
The objective of this article is to analyze the technical potentials, the regional distribution, and the corresponding costs of all renewable energy sources that could be used in the Federal Republic of Germany. Therefore the authors distinguish among options for producing electricity (hydropower, wind energy, photovoltaic usage of solar energy), options for producing solid and liquid energy carriers (energy plantations), options for using residual products (residual wood, straw, biogas from animal wastes, other organic waste), and options for the direct covering of heat demand (solar and geothermal heating). For these different possibilities the technical energy potentials and the corresponding costs are presented and discussed on the background of the current energy system. Finally, conclusions are drawn about the current changes and the given restrictions of these renewable energy sources in the Federal Republic of Germany.
- OSTI ID:
- 7074496
- Journal Information:
- Energy Sources; (United States), Journal Name: Energy Sources; (United States) Vol. 16:2; ISSN 0090-8312; ISSN EGYSAO
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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