What do you believe are the greatest challenges facing the sector or industry you would like to specialize in at IE? What role do you hope to be able to play in this sector or industry in the medium term?
1. RENEWABLES
1%
36% Spain
Level of
penetration
Ukraine
Generation
intermittency
integration of variable sources of electricity (namely, wind and solar)
poses a threat for energy supply as power fluctuations are mostly
unpredictable. This prevents effective grid planning and incurs
expenses for imbalance settlement
TOTAL WORLD INSTALLED RES
CAPACITY
Energy
storage
Accurate
forecasting
R&D
Regulatory
framework
predictability
CHALLENGES
electricity distribution lacks in additional opportunities to meet fluctuating
demand. Though maneuvre load (hydro, bio) proved itself to be effective,
storage devices would somehow make renewables more dispatchable and
smooth if more affordable
transition towards RES based energy mix requires renewables to be more
controllable. Effective forecasting is a necessary precondition of
RES-deployment
Price-related
competition
though comparison of levelised cost of energy produced from different
types of fuel speaks in favor of renewables, there is still monetary
incentives for exploitation of fossil fuel power plants
$37 $81
$72 $86
$87 $116
$61 $87
$66 $151
$89 $142
$92 $132
wind
natural gas
coal
solar
biomass
geothermal
nuclear
Source: Lazard
Source: REN21
Levelised cost of energy produced
SHARE OF RES IN GLOBAL
ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION
only 20-30% share of renewables
in the load
is considered safe for
stable energy supply
Due to high actual
production deviations
MW
Energy storage capacity, MW
RES deployment is mostly the result of the state support mechanisms
(direct subsidies, feed-in tariffs and premiums, tax exemptions and
others), which are in the focus of investors' interest and governmental
concern. For the sustainable development of renewables worldwide it is
of utmost importance to provide all market participants with transparent
rules, stable and predictable legislative framework
retroactive changes11
incurring sufficient
losses for the investors
allocation of funds to energy research, development and deployment is
needed to achieve the energy transformation. Clean-energy innovation,
driven thereto, is an effective instrument of a government support
enabling to move new technologies from ideas to commercial products
$BN 11,7
$BN 9,44
$BN 5,1
2004 2009 2014
R&D investment in renewable energy
Source: Bloomberg
HOW I CAN
CONTRIBUTE
Cost-effective
project
management
Technology and
innovation
management
Application of
marketing
innovations
Advanced
strategic
planning
High-
performance
organisational
behaviour
EU countries
introduced