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September 13, 2024
Chile produced 9.4% of its primary energy from solar in 2023 — the highest in any country that year
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… Energy, in 2023, Chile produced 9.4% of its primary energy from solar sources, the highest share in any country …
Renewable Energy
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Solar energy generation This interactive chart shows the amount of energy generated from solar power each year. Solar generation at …
Energy Mix
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… of primary energy that comes from hydropower across the world. Solar: what share of energy comes from solar? Solar energy …
How does the land use of different electricity sources compare?
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Some suggest that we could apply the same principle to solar energy. In the UNECE assessment – the numbers we show …
A sense of units and scale for electrical energy production and consumption
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… Sustainable Energy - without the hot air" (free here), the electrical energy production per unit area of solar paneling is almost …
June 13, 2024
Solar panel prices have fallen by around 20% every time global capacity doubled
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… has been the massive drop in the cost of clean energy. Solar photovoltaic costs have fallen by 90% in the …
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
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… access where the primary source of lighting is the local energy provider, solar systems, mini-grids and stand-alone systems …
Which countries have the critical minerals needed for the energy transition?
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… of electronics and batteries. Its most important role in clean energy is in solar photovoltaics and electric vehicles. Its high …
February 07, 2025
In 2004, it took the world a year to add a gigawatt of solar power — now it takes a day
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… needs to quickly transition from fossil fuels to low-carbon energy sources such as solar power. The chart shows how …
Is the world making progress in decarbonizing energy?
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… nuclear. Only recently – with a rapid growth in wind and solar power – has low-carbon energy made a comeback. We …
Nuclear Energy
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… energy sources, we have a range of energy options: renewable energy technologies such as hydropower, wind, and solar, as well …
How have the world’s energy sources changed over the last two centuries?
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Today when we think about energy sources, a diverse mix comes to mind – coal, oil, gas, nuclear, hydropower, solar, wind …
Global renewables are growing, but have been partly offset by a decline in nuclear production
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… within two main categories: renewable technologies (including hydropower, biomass, wind, solar, geothermal, and marine sources), and nuclear energy. Both of …
What are the safest and cleanest sources of energy?
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… nobody would die — only every 33 years would someone die. * Solar: In an average year, nobody would die — only every …
What’s the difference between direct and substituted primary energy?
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… energy sources without this inefficiency. That makes it look like solar and wind are making a small contribution to energy …
November 13, 2024
Australia is replacing coal and gas power with solar and wind
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… has changed in recent decades. The data comes from the Energy Institute’s Statistical Review of World Energy. In the …
December 25, 2024
Solar and wind power is growing quickly in Poland, but coal still dominates
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The share of electricity produced by solar and wind in Poland almost doubled in just two years. In 2021, these …
March 05, 2024
Solar and wind gain an edge over coal in a number of countries
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… solar and wind power, and coal is now very small. The adoption of clean energy is accelerating. Explore this data →
Decarbonizing electricity is only one step towards a low-carbon energy system
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… to the electricity system as if it was the entire energy system. Here is one recent example: → More UK energy …
November 20, 2024
Spain and Portugal both get 40% of their electricity from solar and wind
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European neighbors Portugal and Spain are currently neck-and-neck in the race to roll out solar and wind power …
The price of batteries has declined by 97% in the last three decades
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… learning rate of solar modules; with every doubling of installed solar capacity, the price of solar modules dropped by an …
Why did renewables become so cheap so fast?
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… recent years? Yes it did. As you see in our Energy Explorer, wind and solar energy were scaled up rapidly …
Which countries have put a price on carbon?
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… more expensive. Burning coal becomes much more expensive than using solar energy. Beef gets more expensive relative to tofu or …
The argument for a carbon price
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… with a low carbon footprint (like taking the train or solar energy) do not get more expensive, while goods that …
Electricity Mix
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… get a lot of electricity from hydropower and/or nuclear energy. Solar, wind, and other renewable technologies are growing quickly …
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
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Renewable energy is defined as hydropower; marine (ocean, tidal and wave); wind; solar (photovoltaic and thermal energy); bioenergy; and geothermal …
How much in subsidies do fossil fuels receive?
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The good news is that low-carbon energy sources, such as solar and wind, and electric vehicles for transport have …
Weather forecasts have become much more accurate; we now need to make them available to everyone
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… of temperatures for heating and cooling demand, and how much energy they’ll get from wind and solar farms. Pilots …
Which countries get the most electricity from low-carbon sources?
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May 08, 2024
30% of the world's electricity came from renewable sources in 2023
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Renewable electricity production is growing quickly, mostly thanks to the deployment of solar and wind. Ember has just published its …
July 24, 2024
Fourteen countries in the world get almost all of their electricity from renewables
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… significantly less electricity in their energy mix compared to countries in Europe or North America. Read more on renewable energy →
August 16, 2024
Coal power has effectively died in the United Kingdom
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… by gas but is now being pushed out by wind, solar, and biomass. Read more about the death of UK …
March 28, 2025
The world is getting more of its electricity from renewables but less from nuclear power
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… two key sources of low-carbon power: renewables (which include solar, wind, hydropower and others) and nuclear. While rapid growth …
CO₂ and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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… want to reduce these emissions, we need to transform our energy systems, industries, and food systems. At the same time …
Low-carbon technologies need far less mining than fossil fuels
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… below shows the RMR for metals used in low-carbon energy technologies. This data comes from the work of Nedal …
Learning curves: What does it mean for a technology to follow Wright’s Law?
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Solar panels are on the same trajectory as we’ve seen before. At the price of solar panels in the …
Shrink emissions, not the economy
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… implausible. First, the fast development and high deployment of renewable energy technologies has brought down their production costs so far …

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Annual change in solar energy generation‍
Change in energy generation relative to the previous year, measured in terawatt-hours and using the substitution method.
Annual percentage change in solar energy generation‍
Percentage change in solar energy generation relative to the previous year.
Annual change in solar and wind energy generation‍
Change in solar and wind energy generation relative to the previous year, measured in terawatt-hours of primary energy using the substitution method.
Annual percentage change in solar and wind energy generation‍
Change in energy generation relative to the previous year.

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Global primary energy from solar photovoltaics‍
Primary energy is the energy embodied in natural resources prior to transformation into useful end products. For example, the energy stored in coal or oil before combustion in a power plant. The transformation of fossil fuels into their secondary form (such as electricity) results in large inefficiencies due to heat loss. This means primary energy is higher than the energy used by a population.
Primary energy from solar photovoltaic in Asia‍
Primary energy is the energy embodied in natural resources prior to transformation into useful end products. For example, the energy stored in coal or oil before combustion in a power plant. The transformation of fossil fuels into their secondary form (such as electricity) results in large inefficiencies due to heat loss. This means primary energy is higher than the energy used by a population.
Share of global primary energy from solar photovoltaic‍
Primary energy is the energy embodied in natural resources prior to transformation into useful end products. For example, the energy stored in coal or oil before combustion in a power plant. The transformation of fossil fuels into their secondary form (such as electricity) results in large inefficiencies due to heat loss. This means primary energy is higher than the energy used by a population.
Primary energy from solar photovoltaic in Latin America‍
Primary energy is the energy embodied in natural resources prior to transformation into useful end products. For example, the energy stored in coal or oil before combustion in a power plant. The transformation of fossil fuels into their secondary form (such as electricity) results in large inefficiencies due to heat loss. This means primary energy is higher than the energy used by a population.

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