| Summary: | Today the renewable energy sector continues to be one of the most an attractive market for public and private investors. According to the Renewables global future report [1] world gets about 17–18% of its energy from renewables, including about 9% from “traditional biomass” and about 8% from “modern renewables.” In 2011, about 30 countries were getting 20% or more of their total energy from renewables, and some as high as 50%. Countries in this category include Austria, Brazil, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, the Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Uganda, and Uruguay. The share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy reached 15.0% in the European Union (EU), compared with 8.3% in 2004, the first year for which the data is available (Table 1).
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