The contribution of the renewable electricity sector to national GDP will surpass the € 4,300 million in 2030, an increase of 59% compared to Euro 2,700 million in 2013, according to Deloitte.
“Following the investment and investment in electricity production from renewable sources, the sector has been increasingly contribute significantly to the generation of wealth in Portugal [...] and has since 2010, growing on average 4% per year, “said the consultant study on” Macroeconomic Impact of electricity from renewable sources sector in Portugal “prepared in collaboration with APREN – Portuguese Renewable Energy Association.
The expected growth by 2030 “is directly related to planned increases in terms of installed capacity and production,” reads the document, which anticipates an increase in 42% of electricity production from renewable sources 2030, which means more 8,000 GWh compared to the production expected this year, while the non-renewable production will maintain the downward trend of recent years.
In 2013, wind was the source that had a greater contribution to the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP), worth 56% of total sector (€ 1,527 million), due to the increase in installed capacity and the respective output.
Since the water source was the second largest contributor to the impact of the sector in national GDP (33%), to be directly and indirectly generated about € 910 million in 2013
According to the study, released today at the conference of APREN Renewable Electricity: Strategy for Development, “this contribution [of renewable energy] originates mostly (55%) in the direct impact of the contribution of operators and manufacturers, the indirect impact being related with other sectors of activity, including service providers in the field of energy. “
In recent years, the weight in the GDP of the electricity sector from renewable energy sources increased representing in 2013 about 1.6%.
* This article was written under the new orthographic agreement applied by the agency Lusa
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