World - Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)

The value for Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh) in World was 1,644,540,000,000 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,644,540,000,000 in 2015 and a minimum value of 3,040,000,000 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 3,040,000,000
1961 3,428,000,000
1962 3,797,000,000
1963 4,362,000,000
1964 4,653,000,000
1965 4,998,000,000
1966 6,127,000,000
1967 6,387,000,000
1968 7,203,000,000
1969 7,830,000,000
1970 10,627,000,000
1971 13,198,000,000
1972 14,055,000,000
1973 16,155,000,000
1974 15,382,000,000
1975 17,335,000,000
1976 19,119,000,000
1977 20,379,000,000
1978 20,905,000,000
1979 24,098,000,000
1980 28,647,000,000
1981 31,835,000,000
1982 40,590,000,000
1983 45,442,000,000
1984 49,706,000,000
1985 54,248,000,000
1986 59,693,000,000
1987 63,035,000,000
1988 65,987,000,000
1989 128,193,000,000
1990 156,082,000,000
1991 125,401,000,000
1992 138,821,000,000
1993 143,970,000,000
1994 151,581,000,000
1995 157,537,000,000
1996 162,041,000,000
1997 171,739,000,000
1998 180,233,000,000
1999 196,223,000,000
2000 217,095,000,000
2001 224,461,000,000
2002 253,263,000,000
2003 277,856,000,000
2004 316,183,000,000
2005 359,313,000,000
2006 405,335,000,000
2007 467,437,000,000
2008 543,399,000,000
2009 631,821,000,000
2010 765,437,000,000
2011 911,584,000,000
2012 1,067,910,000,000
2013 1,267,130,000,000
2014 1,435,700,000,000
2015 1,644,540,000,000

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