Energy production from RES in the world — current statistics

29/03/2021
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Bioenergy as a whole is the leader, and solar and wind technologies are being implemented the fastest. We present the global statistics of the World Bioenergy Association.

Total primary energy supply globally

In 2018, the total primary energy supply of renewable energy sources was 81.1 EJ.
TPES of bio-mass-based sources including municipal waste, industrial waste, solid biomass, liquid biofuels, and biogas was 55.6 EJ – an increase of 1.2% over the previous year.
The renewable energy sources have experienced significant growth in this century.

Renewable electricity

In 2018, 6 890 TWh of renewable electricity was produced globally.
Hydropower was the largest renewable electricity generating source with a share of 62% followed by wind at 19%.
Bioenergy was the third-largest renewable electricity generating source with 637 TWh of production.
During 2000 – 2018, the renewable electricity sector had an annual growth rate of 5% which is higher than the growth rate of the overall electricity sector at 3%.
The growth has largely been driven by solar and wind technologies which had an annual growth rate of 40% and 23% respectively while hydropower had a lower growth rate (3%) and bioenergy was able to exceed the growth rate (8%).

Source: GLOBAL BIOENERGY STATISTICS 2020.