Renewable electricity production is growing quickly, mostly thanks to the deployment of solar and wind.
Ember has just published its latest Global Electricity Review, which includes final updates on electricity generation worldwide in 2023. We have updated our Energy Data Explorer with all of this data.
As the chart shows, renewables produced just over 30% of the world’s electricity in 2023.
This growth was mostly driven by the rapid rollout of solar and wind technologies. Hydropower generation actually fell in 2023 as a result of severe droughts, especially in China.
