EREC publications

ESHA is a founding member of EREC - the European Renewable Energy Council- which is the umbrella association of the leading European renewable energy industry, trade and research associations active in the field of photovoltaics, small hydropower, solar thermal, biomass, wind and geothermal energy.

ESHA contributes to EREC publications on Renewable Energy.

Please go to the EREC website to find EREC publications such as:

• EREC Renewable Energy Roadmap: 20% by 2020
• Renewable Energy in Europe:Building Markets and Capacity
• Export Strategy
• Target 20% for 2020
• Renewable Energy Scenario to 2040
• Climate Change briefing

Other interesting Publications

IHA Sustainability guidelines and protocol

The IHA Sustainability Guidelines provide a framework for good practice which is in accordance with the Core Values listed in the The World Commission on Dams (WCD) report, "Dams and Development, a new framework for decision-making", was published in 2000: equity, efficiency, participatory decision-making, sustainability, and accountability values.

The Sustainability Assessment Protocol has been developed primarily to assist hydro developer in assessing performance against criteria described in the IHA Sustainability Guidelines.

SHP Barometer

With an installed capacity of more than 11 600 MW, the small hydroelectricity sector, defined by installations with capacities lower than 10 MW, is an integral part of the EU electrical production system. While this sector’s potential is far from being reached, at present it has to face an apparently contradictory dual problem: conciliate productivity requirements with a high ecological water quality.

Download the EU SHP Barometer

Renewable Energy Markets Show Strong Growth
REN21 "Renewables 2005: Global Status Report"

The Global Status Report  provides an assessment of several renewables technologies-small hydro, modern biomass, wind, solar, geothermal, and biofuels-that are now competing with conventional fuels in four distinct markets: power generation, hot water and space heating, transportation fuels, and rural (off-grid) energy supplies.

Download the report

Download the Notes and Reference Companion Document

REN21 Website

Support schemes for RES

The report evaluates the various support schemes for RES, including the impacts of such schemes on the development of renewable technologies. This report has been developed under the framework of the RE-Xpansion project. The project is intended to provide valuable background information in the form of economic analysis in assisting the European Commission in its evaluation process. For more information please visit EWEA website.

RES Barometer

Every year the French Observatory for Renewable Energies publishes a European Barometer on RES. Please download here the EU RES Barometer for 2004, and the SHP Barometer for 2002. For more information on the Barometer please visit L'Observateur des Energies Renouvelables

Electricity Costs externalities: a LCA Approach

The objective of this study is to quantify in a scientific way the environmental and social impacts caused by the different technologies of electrical generation. The possibility of quantifying and comparing quantitatively such environmental impacts is the main novelty of this scientific work in relation to other previous studies that were limited to qualitative evaluation of impacts.

The result of the study show that Small hydropower is the technology with less environmental Impact.

1 kWh small hydro is 300 times “cleaner”than 1kWh from lignite.

This study has been carried out by a consortium of partners, among whom APPA (Spanish Association of Renewable Energy Producers), member of ESHA.

Mitre report: RES & Jobs

MITRE has taken a two-stage approach to calculating the employment effects from renewable energy:

Projecting the future energy market, and the market share of renewable energy to 2020.  Renewable Energy market penetrations are modelled on two realistic policy scenarios:“Current Policies” and “Advanced Renewables Strategy”. These penetrations have been compared with the targets specified in the RES-E Electricity Directive and Renewables White Paper and the recently adopted Biofuels Directive. Calculating the employment impact of the market changes.

Click here to visit MITRE website.