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5 Empirical Research for Establishing the Potential of Renewable Hydrogen …
Figure 5.1 The focus areas of the documentation review
instances, the State targets are more ambitious than the Federal ones. The whole
country benefits from excellent wind and solar resources. South Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, and the Australian Capital Territory have the highest renewable
energy targets. Australia is an established coal and natural gas exporter. Western
Australia, Queensland, South Australia, and Tasmania consider the development
of renewable energy for exportation purpose.
China has the challenge to produce enough energy to sustain its economic
growth while mitigating the environmental, social and health impact of its traditional coal-based industry. To address this challenge, China renewable energy targets
are by far the largest in absolute numbers and the most ambitious in growth. By
2025, China plans to have over 1.000 gigawatts of combined solar PV and wind
power capacity.
In 2017, Japan renewable energy capacity was fairly limited with around 8,5%
of wind and solar PV generation in the final energy mix. The reduction of the
dependency on imported fossil energy and the commitment to the Paris Agreement to limit the global warming are the main drivers behind Japan renewable
energy development.
South-Korea is like Japan from an energy mix point of view. The limited renewable energy capacity of about 7% of the energy mix in 2019 should reach 20%
5 Empirical Research for Establishing the Potential of Renewable Hydrogen …
Figure 5.1 The focus areas of the documentation review
instances, the State targets are more ambitious than the Federal ones. The whole
country benefits from excellent wind and solar resources. South Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, and the Australian Capital Territory have the highest renewable
energy targets. Australia is an established coal and natural gas exporter. Western
Australia, Queensland, South Australia, and Tasmania consider the development
of renewable energy for exportation purpose.
China has the challenge to produce enough energy to sustain its economic
growth while mitigating the environmental, social and health impact of its traditional coal-based industry. To address this challenge, China renewable energy targets
are by far the largest in absolute numbers and the most ambitious in growth. By
2025, China plans to have over 1.000 gigawatts of combined solar PV and wind
power capacity.
In 2017, Japan renewable energy capacity was fairly limited with around 8,5%
of wind and solar PV generation in the final energy mix. The reduction of the
dependency on imported fossil energy and the commitment to the Paris Agreement to limit the global warming are the main drivers behind Japan renewable
energy development.
South-Korea is like Japan from an energy mix point of view. The limited renewable energy capacity of about 7% of the energy mix in 2019 should reach 20%