Renewable energies or ethical electricity New Zealand could experience significant industrial development and considerable economic growth. The International Energy Agency predicts that by 2035, 60% of investments in electricity generation will be dedicated to renewable energy (34% wind, 26% hydro, 22% solar).
In Europe, renewable energies are expected to represent 27% of the energy mix by 2030. Some countries aim to devote 32% of total energy production. In 2013, $254 billion was invested in clean energy infrastructure and these extremely vital investments are expected to reach $1.6 billion by 2020.
Emerging countries, such as India, China or Brazil, which are centres of gravity for global growth could exploit the potential of renewable energies. These would allow them to respond to the explosion of their energy needs by taking advantage of natural resources: sunshine, hydraulics, wind, biomass they have. The IEA also predicts that emerging countries will experience the strongest growth in the sector.
The spread of these technologies worldwide and the flow of technological innovations will accelerate their growth. In addition, development costs and investments in production equipment are becoming more and more competitive. The cost of production of photovoltaic systems has dropped by 60% in ten years and the cost per ground wind kWh has decreased by 40% over the same period.
The growth of global renewable energy and ethical electricity New Zealand markets is generating multiple investment opportunities. Firstly, the sectoral indices make it possible to follow the evolution of the values of the renewable energy sector. Then, it is also possible to invest on a particular value. In the hydraulic sector, for example, the EDF group (EDF-FR) is positioned as the leading hydro-electrician.
The group produces 10% of electricity from hydraulic sources. National agencies invested a budget of 900 million euros over the 2007-2015 period to improve its hydroelectric power stations. Internationally, agencies carry out major projects like in Laos where the group designs a dam with a power of 1070 MW.
The global wind farm represented an installed capacity of 300 GW in 2013, the equivalent of 5 times that of local nuclear fleet (63 GW). In 30 years, some private entities installed 38,000 wind turbines in more than 60 countries. The most important parks are in China (75 GW), the United States (60) and Germany (31). However, wind power already accounts for 30% of electricity generation in Denmark, 20% in Portugal and 18% in Spain.
