Strategy for regenerative energy sources. Status and development potential

Without doubt, in the future, we shall have to cover a growing proportion of our energy requirements by utilizing regenerative energy sources such as the sun, wind, water and biomass. The indisputable advantages of inexhaustibility and environment friendliness are, however, compared with the disadvantages of non-uniform demand as well as partially small potential and high costs. In spite of these facts, there are, in the minds of the public, high expectations and great demands on the electricity supply industry in relation to the further development of regenerative power generation. In the future, RWE Energie AG will strongly intensify its efforts towards improving the economics of regenerative power generation. (orig.)