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Third Industrial Revolution Consulting Group<br />

building stock constructed since 1970 for six building types. The total usable non-residential<br />

floor space amounts to 8.3 million m 2 . In addition, public building stock data is, according to the<br />

Third NEEAP, not available at all. As such, an estimated combined building stock of<br />

approximately 36 million m 2 is available in the residential and non-residential market segments.<br />

Estimating Luxembourg’s Rooftop Solar Energy Potential<br />

A recent study from Fraunhofer Institute calculated Luxembourg renewable energy potential. 223<br />

Updating the findings from a 2007 study that estimated renewable energy potential, 224<br />

Fraunhofer estimates that Luxembourg has a theoretical potential to generate 33.000 GWh/a<br />

from solar PV. 225 In terms of technical potential, and specifically focusing on rooftop<br />

deployment of solar PV (as opposed to PV on land or on building facades), the 2007 study<br />

maintains that 127.000 buildings with an average 168 m 2 yields about 21.3 million m 2 of<br />

rooftops. Considering that not all rooftops are suitable for PV deployment, the 2007 study uses<br />

a 0.6 discount factor to produce a total rooftop space in the country of 12.8 million m 2 . 226<br />

Under the irradiation conditions and 15% efficiency, this translates to 2.004 GWh/a. Using<br />

updated numbers – specifically an increase of the building stock from 127.000 buildings to an<br />

estimated 160.000 buildings – the 2014 study increases the estimate to 2.524 GWh/a. 227 At an<br />

average rooftop space of 168 m 2 , that translates to a total rooftop space of 26.88 million m 2<br />

and, at a 0.6 discount factor, about 16.3 million m 2 of rooftops that are available for solar PV<br />

installation.<br />

LuxSEF and Self-Financed Energy Productivity<br />

Strategically, a phased plan for Luxembourg could be developed that pursues energy use<br />

reductions in the high-consumption building stock first (typically the older, non-retrofitted<br />

223 Schon, M., & Reitze, F. (2015). Wissenschaftliche berating zu fragen der energiestrategie Luxemburg smit<br />

besonderem fokus auf erneuerbare energien – aktualisierung der potentzialanalyse fur erneuerbare energien.<br />

Fraunhofer Institut fur System- un Innovationsforschung (Fh-ISI) and IREES GmbH.<br />

224 Biermayr, P., Cremer, C., Faber, T., Kranzl, L, Ragwitz, M., Resch, G., Toro, F. (2007). Bestimmung der potenziale<br />

und ausarbeiting von strategien zur verstarkten nutzung von erneuerbaren energien in Luxemburg. Fraunhofer<br />

Institut fur System- und Innovationforschung (Fh-ISI), Energy Economics Group (EEG), and BSR-Sustainability.<br />

225 Using 1.043 kWh/m 2 solar irradiation, 212 km 2 of available land, and an assumed 15% PV module efficiency.<br />

226 The 2007 study reserves half of the 12.8 million square meters for solar thermal technology installations for<br />

further calculations. Here, we calculate the technical potential of solar PV and neglect solar thermal technology<br />

and, therefore, use the full 12.8 million square meters in the calculation.<br />

227 Schon, M., & Reitze, F. (2015). Wissenschaftliche berating zu fragen der energiestrategie Luxemburg smit<br />

besonderem fokus auf erneuerbare energien – aktualisierung der potentzialanalyse fur erneuerbare energien.<br />

Fraunhofer Institut fur System- un Innovationsforschung (Fh-ISI) and IREES GmbH.<br />

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