North America - Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)
The value for Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh) in North America was 359,458,000,000 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 359,458,000,000 in 2015 and a minimum value of 122,000,000 in 1960.
Definition: Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, includes geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass, and biofuels.
Source: IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2014 (http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), subject to https://www.iea.org/t&c/termsandconditions/
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 122,000,000 |
| 1961 | 181,000,000 |
| 1962 | 206,000,000 |
| 1963 | 286,000,000 |
| 1964 | 320,000,000 |
| 1965 | 345,000,000 |
| 1966 | 383,000,000 |
| 1967 | 474,000,000 |
| 1968 | 629,000,000 |
| 1969 | 799,000,000 |
| 1970 | 817,000,000 |
| 1971 | 844,000,000 |
| 1972 | 1,838,000,000 |
| 1973 | 2,748,000,000 |
| 1974 | 2,864,000,000 |
| 1975 | 3,626,000,000 |
| 1976 | 4,804,000,000 |
| 1977 | 5,355,000,000 |
| 1978 | 4,630,000,000 |
| 1979 | 5,973,000,000 |
| 1980 | 7,109,000,000 |
| 1981 | 8,319,000,000 |
| 1982 | 7,261,000,000 |
| 1983 | 8,511,000,000 |
| 1984 | 10,558,000,000 |
| 1985 | 13,059,000,000 |
| 1986 | 14,068,000,000 |
| 1987 | 15,328,000,000 |
| 1988 | 15,203,000,000 |
| 1989 | 74,620,000,000 |
| 1990 | 100,043,000,000 |
| 1991 | 65,921,000,000 |
| 1992 | 74,471,000,000 |
| 1993 | 77,157,000,000 |
| 1994 | 79,485,000,000 |
| 1995 | 75,930,000,000 |
| 1996 | 77,849,000,000 |
| 1997 | 76,900,000,000 |
| 1998 | 76,844,000,000 |
| 1999 | 81,852,000,000 |
| 2000 | 85,644,000,000 |
| 2001 | 81,120,000,000 |
| 2002 | 90,561,000,000 |
| 2003 | 91,711,000,000 |
| 2004 | 96,633,000,000 |
| 2005 | 104,337,000,000 |
| 2006 | 114,356,000,000 |
| 2007 | 123,641,000,000 |
| 2008 | 145,282,000,000 |
| 2009 | 167,619,000,000 |
| 2010 | 197,809,000,000 |
| 2011 | 228,215,000,000 |
| 2012 | 256,640,000,000 |
| 2013 | 300,283,000,000 |
| 2014 | 335,234,000,000 |
| 2015 | 359,458,000,000 |
Limitations and Exceptions: IEA occasionally revises its time series to reflect political changes. For example, the IEA has constructed historical energy statistics for countries of the former Soviet Union. In addition, energy statistics for other countries have undergone continuous changes in coverage or methodology in recent years as more detailed energy accounts have become available. Breaks in series are therefore unavoidable.
Statistical Concept and Methodology: Electricity production from renewable sources (% of total) is the share of electricity produced by geothermal, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, tide, wind, industrial waste, municipal waste, primary solid biofuels, biogases, biogasoline, biodiesels, other liquid biofuels, nonspecified primary biofuels and waste, and charcoal in total electricity production which is the total number of GWh generated by power plants separated into electricity plants and CHP plants. Hydropower is excluded. The International Energy Agency (IEA) compiles data on energy inputs used to generate electricity. IEA data for countries that are not members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are based on national energy data adjusted to conform to annual questionnaires completed by OECD member governments. In addition, estimates are sometimes made to complete major aggregates from which key data are missing, and adjustments are made to compensate for differences in definitions. The IEA makes these estimates in consultation with national statistical offices, oil companies, electric utilities, and national energy experts.
Aggregation method: Sum
Periodicity: Annual
General Comments: Restricted use: Please contact the International Energy Agency for third-party use of these data.
Classification
Topic: Environment Indicators
Sub-Topic: Energy production & use
