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PwC RENEWABLE ENERGY VIEW 2015


Small scale solar Large scale solar Tidal and wave


Renewable heat


Investment costs, load and efficiency factors for renewable heat have been estimated by applying the assumptions as set out in DECC’s 2013 RHI Impact Assessment495051. These are summarised in the table below: Cost (£k/MW) Source of Cost assumptions Sweett


renewables, GIB press release, November 2014 19


Small Biomass


MediumBiomass Large Biomass GSHPs


Solar Thermal Small Biogas Biomethane


MediumBiogas Large Biogas CHP


ATWHPs Renewable transport Transport capacity


Estimates of consumption of liquid renewable fuels has been estimated from Ricardo- AEA “UK Production of Biofuels for road transport”44


Transport Fuel Obligation statistics”45


and the DfT’s “Renewable .


Investment costs For simplicity investment costs have been allocated to the year in which capacity additions took place.


Renewable Electricity For 2010 historical investment costs, individual technology cost data has been estimated by applying the estimates provided in DECC’s Review of the Generation Costs and Deployment Potential of Renewable Electricity Technologies in the UK (2011)46


For 2012 historical investment costs, individual technology cost data has been estimated by applying the estimates provided in DECC’s Electricity Generation Costs (2013)47


For 2011 historical investment costs, individual technology costs data has been estimated by finding the midpoint of 2010 and 2012 costs.


Projections of costs have been estimated


by applying DECC’s forecasts as published in its ‘Electricity Generation Costs’ (December 2013)48


, which high, central, low figures


were used for 2012, 2015, and 2020 costs respectively. For those years in which there are no specific cost estimates or forecasts (for example 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, or 2019), a straight line reducing average calculation has been applied. Estimates have been adjusted for inflation (using the non-housing Resource Cost Index (RCI) inflation index) in order to express investment values in 2010 money.


Table 4 provides a summary of the cost assumptions applied in this report.


577 550 357


1,295 1,308 2,000 3,300 2,000 2,733 2,644 877


Updated Energy Projections, DECC, 2014 20 Updated Energy Projections, DECC, 2013


21 Solar energy investment coming of age and attracting


Market Intelligence Market Intelligence Sweett Sweett


SKM Enviros SKM Enviros SKM Enviros SKM Enviros Ricardo AEA Sweett


institutional investors, Blue & Green, August 201 22


energy update, May 2014 23


Investors look to combine PV and wind assets, Wind


DECC DUKES includes the following technologies in the category ‘Bioenergy’: landfill gas, sewage sludge digestions, domestic & industrial wood combustion animal biomass, anaerobic digestion, plant biomass and


energy from waste. 24


DECC 25


26


National Renewable Energy Action Plan for the UK, DUKES 6.6, DECC


DECC reported energy consumption data for ‘wood combustion – domestic’ has been amended retrospectively, investment and capacity figures have


been updated for historical years. 27


methodologies, DECC 28


Historic investment costs have been derived fromthe data provided by Ecofys in its 2013 report “UK biofuel industry overview”52. No projections of forecast investment have beenmade due to a lack of industry data.


2015 29


Renewable heat Investment costs, load and efficiency factors for renewable heat have been estimated by applying the assumptions as set out in DECC’s 2013 RHI Impact Assessment49,50,51 summarised in the table above:


These are


49 RHI Tariff Review, Scheme Extensions and BudgetManagement, DECC, September 2013 50 Research on the Costs and Performance ofHeating and Cooling Technologies, DECC, February 2013 51 Analysis of Characteristics and Growth Assumptions Regarding AD Biogas Combustion for Heat, Electricity and Transport


Renewable transport Historic investment costs have been derived from the data provided by Ecofys in its 2013 report “UK biofuel industry overview”52


. No


projections of forecast investment have been made due to a lack of industry data.


and Biomethane Production and Injection to the Grid, DECC,May 2011 52 UK Biofuel Industry Overview, ECOFYS, November 2013 .


1


includes 2014 for heat and transport 2


This report is solely for the use and benefit of Renewable Energy Association and should not be relied upon by any other party. State of the renewable industry - Investments in renewable electricity, heat and transport PwC


Real 2012 3 Forecast heat investment period 2014-2020 4 The bioenergy data includes burning wood and logs in


open fire places 5


Review of the generation costs and deployment potential of renewable electricity technologies in the UK,


8


ARUP, 2011 9


catapult-reports 10


Report, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, 2015 11


12 DUKES 6, DECC, March 2015 13 The load factor describes the ratio of actual output to


the nameplate capacity over a given period 14


2015 15


biomass CHP plant, EC, January 2015 16


energy, DECC, March 17


Renewable Energy Public Database, DECC, March State aid: commission authorises UK aid for Teesside Delivering the UK energy investment : Low carbon EDF energy renewables sells stake in three UK wind


farms to CGN, EDF Press, December 2014


Report available at https://ore.catapult.org.uk/ore- Cost Reduction Measurement Framework Summary DUKES 6, DECC, March 2015


Renewable Energy Strategy, PwC analysis 6 DUKES 6, February 2014 & March 2015 7 Renewable Energy Strategy, PwC analysis


2010 46


Historic investment includes electricity 2010-14, heat 2010-13 and transport 2010-13 only; future investment


industry-overview-v1.5.pdf 38


DUKES6, DECC, 2012 39 DUKES Trends, DECC, Feb 2015 40 Updated Energy Projections, DECC, 2014


41 Solar thermal markets in Europe, ESTIF, June 2014 42 National Renewable Energy Action Plan for the UK,


DECC, 2009 43


Review of the Generation Costs and Deployment Potential of Renewable Electricity Technologies in the UK,


DECC, 2011 44


UK Biofuel Production, DECC, 2011


45 Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation statistics, DfT, 32


Obligation Order 2012, DECC, July 2012 47


Management, DECC, September 2013 50


Government response to the consultation on proposals


for the levels of banded support under the Renewables Obligation for the period 2013-17 and the Renewables


Electricity Generation Costs, DECC, December 2013 48 Electricity Generation Costs, DECC, December 2013 49 RHI Tariff Review, Scheme Extensions and Budget


and Cooling Technologies, DECC, February 2013 51


to the Grid, DECC, May 2011 52


2013


Research on the Costs and Performance of Heating Analysis of Characteristics and Growth Assumptions


Regarding AD Biogas Combustion for Heat, Electricity and Transport and Biomethane Production and Injection


UK Biofuel Industry Overview, ECOFYS, November


open fire places. 34


Renewable energy statistics, data sources and Quarterly non-domestic degression, DECC, January Quarterly domestic degression, DECC, January 2015


30 Quarterly domestic degression, DECC, January 2015 31 RHI Tariff Review, DECC, September 2013 32 Totals may not sum due to rounding


33 The bioenergy data includes burning wood and logs in


implementation Review, DfT, December 2013 35


2014/15 Report, DfT, November 2014 36


UK finance, Business Green, April 2014 37


Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation, Draft Post- Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Statistics, Vireol opens new US biofuel plant after struggling for


https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/ uploads/attachment_data/file/266090/ecofys-uk-biofuel-


1760 980


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1720 960


2750


1680 940


2750


1640 920


2750


1600 900


2750


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