MSc Program - Renewable Energy in Central and Eastern Europe Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Fechner Modul 3 – Solar Energy Titel Perspectives of Photovoltaic Technology Hubert Fechner, UAS Technikum Vienna

MSc Program - Renewable Energy in Central and Eastern Europe Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Fechner Modul 3 – Solar Energy Titel Content New Electricity capacities in Europe Photovoltaic market and industry Photovoltaic Technology Status and Perspectives Photovoltaic Cost - today and tomorrow Policy as important driver The Austrian Photovoltaic Roadmap

MSc Program - Renewable Energy in Central and Eastern Europe Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Fechner Modul 3 – Solar Energy Titel New capacities of Electricity Generation in Europe What types of powerplants were 2009 mostly installed in Europe? –Coal –Natural Gas –Oil –Wind –Nuclear –Waste –Hydro –Photovoltaics

MSc Program - Renewable Energy in Central and Eastern Europe Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Fechner Modul 3 – Solar Energy Titel Electricity Generation capacity installed 39%: WIND 25%: GAS 17%: PV Source:

MSc Program - Renewable Energy in Central and Eastern Europe Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Fechner Modul 3 – Solar Energy Titel PV Worldmarket - cumulative

MSc Program - Renewable Energy in Central and Eastern Europe Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Fechner Modul 3 – Solar Energy Titel H.Fechner, N.Glück, 2009 PV Market in Austria Installements per year in kW

MSc Program - Renewable Energy in Central and Eastern Europe Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Fechner Modul 3 – Solar Energy Titel PV Industrial profile AUSTRIA: –Worldmarket leader in Encapsulation (Isovolta) –Worldmarket leader in PV Tracking systems (Solon- Hilber) –World Second in PV-Inverters (Fronius) –One of the leaders in cell-wiring (Ulbrich of Austria) –8 PV-Modulproducers (from 2002 on) –2 (3) Cell Manufacturers –2800 employees in PV (as of 2009), [>300 Mio € (2008)] EUROPE –For 2009: > employees –For 2030: …2,2 Million employees Source: Pvemployment.org

MSc Program - Renewable Energy in Central and Eastern Europe Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Fechner Modul 3 – Solar Energy Titel Photovoltaic Technology Profile Many new developments in cells, modules and systems Efficiencies of 10-20%, slowly increasing Cost decreasing

MSc Program - Renewable Energy in Central and Eastern Europe Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Fechner Modul 3 – Solar Energy Titel PV Today and Tomorrow – the Potential of the technology

MSc Program - Renewable Energy in Central and Eastern Europe Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Fechner Modul 3 – Solar Energy Titel Efficiency in Future

MSc Program - Renewable Energy in Central and Eastern Europe Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Fechner Modul 3 – Solar Energy Titel We pay for our kWh (household electricity)….? We can produce Electricity from PV on our roofs at…??? Is Photovoltaic still expensive?

MSc Program - Renewable Energy in Central and Eastern Europe Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Fechner Modul 3 – Solar Energy Titel Photovoltaic Worldmarket 1992: 68 MW Photovoltaic Worldmarket 2010: MW 1992: Cost of 1 kWh in Austria: ~ 1€ 2010: Cost of 1 kWh in Austria: ~ 35 €Cent Cost development from 1992 to 2010

MSc Program - Renewable Energy in Central and Eastern Europe Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Fechner Modul 3 – Solar Energy Titel Grid Parity in Austria

MSc Program - Renewable Energy in Central and Eastern Europe Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Fechner Modul 3 – Solar Energy Titel

MSc Program - Renewable Energy in Central and Eastern Europe Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Fechner Modul 3 – Solar Energy Titel

MSc Program - Renewable Energy in Central and Eastern Europe Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Fechner Modul 3 – Solar Energy Titel Expected Change of global energy-mix

MSc Program - Renewable Energy in Central and Eastern Europe Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Fechner Modul 3 – Solar Energy Titel

MSc Program - Renewable Energy in Central and Eastern Europe Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Fechner Modul 3 – Solar Energy Titel Europe or Asia?

MSc Program - Renewable Energy in Central and Eastern Europe Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Fechner Modul 3 – Solar Energy Titel German Parliament BERLIN

MSc Program - Renewable Energy in Central and Eastern Europe Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Fechner Modul 3 – Solar Energy Titel EREC – Szenario: Global Electricity Production 2040

MSc Program - Renewable Energy in Central and Eastern Europe Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Fechner Modul 3 – Solar Energy Titel Sarasin Study (CH-Bank) Annual increase between 20 and 60% expected until 2020 grid parity in Europa between 2012 and 2020

MSc Program - Renewable Energy in Central and Eastern Europe Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Fechner Modul 3 – Solar Energy Titel An Austrian Scenario for an ambitious Photovoltaic Development

MSc Program - Renewable Energy in Central and Eastern Europe Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Fechner Modul 3 – Solar Energy Titel Austrian PV Roadmap: 5 bzw. 8% Targets for Austria until 2020 PV Share in Austrian total Electricity consumption Comparison „Business as usual“ with 5% and 8% Scenario

MSc Program - Renewable Energy in Central and Eastern Europe Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Fechner Modul 3 – Solar Energy Titel Annual Turnover 8. Assun López-Polo, TU Wien, EEG 2009

MSc Program - Renewable Energy in Central and Eastern Europe Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Fechner Modul 3 – Solar Energy Titel Assun López-Polo, TU Wien, EEG 2009 Employment in the 5 and 8% scenario

MSc Program - Renewable Energy in Central and Eastern Europe Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Fechner Modul 3 – Solar Energy Titel Photovoltaic is about to become a significant source of electricity Efficiencies can rise from today‘s 10-20% to 35-60% in 2050 Industry can profit with millions of employment worldwide Political support is needed in the phase of introducing Photovoltaics Conclusion

MSc Program - Renewable Energy in Central and Eastern Europe Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Fechner Modul 3 – Solar Energy Titel  October 28 and 29 in Vienna  > 350 Participants expected  Austrian Economic Chamber, Wiedner Hauptstrasse 63 8th Austrian PV Congress