The report is in 5 sections beginning with a general overview of worldwide energy demand and a description of the range of renewable energy alternatives. Section 2 describes the development of the UK renewables marketplace with section 3 providing a market overview including a summary of selected key organisations currently operating. Section 4 of this report summarises the key finding of VENDs own research, based on a survey of 65 organisations operating in the market today, into the state of the UK market including a view on the trends and outlook for the future. Finally the report offers some concluding remarks which state, among others, that the UK market is still in its early stages compared to the EU and in general the renewable energies markets are growing internationally.
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1 General framework of Energy Policies…………………………………. 4
2 Development of the UK Renewables Market …………………………..9
3 Market Overview …………………………………………………………..12
4 Market Survey…………………………………………………………….. 22
5 Conclusion……….. ………………………………………………………35
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Illustration 1: Worldwide energy consumption in Exajoule
Illustration 2: Renewable energy share of global final energy consumption
Illustration 3: ROC Banding Approach
Illustration 4: Possible share of sectors in the UK
Illustration 5: Offshore wind farm in Horns Rev
Illustration 6: Pelamis wave energy converter
Illustration 7: Large-scale hydro scheme in Scotland
Illustration 8: Solar panels on a roof
Illustration 9: Development of UK renewable energies
Illustration 10: Renewable energy utilisation 2007
Illustration 11: Key Players (manufacturer) on the UK renewables market
Illustration 12: Survey Profile
Illustration 13: Categories of participants
Illustration 14: Number of employees
Illustration 15: Industry sectors
Illustration 16: Headquarter location of the participating companies
Illustration 17: Main sales markets
Illustration 18: Business expansion plans
Illustration 19: Expected market growth solar energy
Illustration 20: Expected market growth hydro energy
Illustration 21: Expected market growth wind energy
Illustration 22: Expected market growth bio energy
Illustration 23: Expected market growth geothermal energy
Illustration 24: Stage of the UK renewables market compared to the EU
Illustration 25: Average share of total primary energy supply
Illustration 26: Benefits of governmental subsidies
Illustration 27: Dependency on governmental subsidies
Illustration 28: Diversification of the UK renewables market
Illustration 29: Mean values of market situation evaluations
Illustration 30: Comparison of the renewable energy sectors in Europe
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