Global consumption of renewable energy has increased significantly over the last two decades. Consumption levels nearly reached ***** exajoules in 2024. This upward trend reflects the increasing adoption of clean energy technologies worldwide. However, despite its rapid growth, renewable energy consumption still remains far below that of fossil fuels. Fossil fuels still dominate energy landscape While renewable energy use has expanded, fossil fuels continue to dominate the global energy mix. Coal consumption reached *** exajoules in 2023, marking its highest level to date. Oil consumption also hit a record high in 2024, exceeding *** billion metric tons for the first time. Natural gas consumption has remained relatively stable in recent years, hovering around **** trillion cubic meters annually. These figures underscore the ongoing challenges in transitioning to a low-carbon energy system. Renewable energy investments The clean energy sector has experienced consistent growth over the past decade, with investments more than doubling from *** billion U.S. dollars in 2014 to *** billion U.S. dollars in 2023. China has emerged as the frontrunner in renewable energy investment, contributing *** billion U.S. dollars in 2023. This substantial funding has helped propel the renewable energy industry forward.

The UK's energy use from renewable and waste sources, by source (for example, hydroelectric power, wind, wave, solar, and so on) and industry (SIC 2007 section - 21 categories), 1990 to 2023.

This table expresses the use of renewable energy as gross final consumption of energy. Figures are presented in an absolute way, as well as related to the total energy use in the Netherlands. The total gross final energy consumption in the Netherlands (the denominator used to calculate the percentage of renewable energy per ‘Energy sources and techniques’) can be found in the table as ‘Total, including non-renewables’ and Energy application ‘Total’. The gross final energy consumption for the energy applications ‘Electricity’ and ‘Heat’ are also available. With these figures the percentages of the different energy sources and applications can be calculated; these values are not available in this table. The gross final energy consumption for ‘Transport’ is not available because of the complexity to calculate this. More information on this can be found in the yearly publication ‘Hernieuwbare energie in Nederland’.

Renewable energy is energy from wind, hydro power, the sun, the earth, heat from outdoor air and biomass. This is energy from natural processes that is replenished constantly.

The figures are broken down into energy source/technique and into energy application (electricity, heat and transport).

This table focuses on the share of renewable energy according to the EU Renewable Energy Directive. Under this directive, countries can apply an administrative transfer by purchasing renewable energy from countries that have consumed more renewable energy than the agreed target. For 2020, the Netherlands has implemented such a transfer by purchasing renewable energy from Denmark. This transfer has been made visible in this table as a separate energy source/technique and two totals are included; a total with statistical transfer and a total without statistical transfer.

Figures for 2020 and before were calculated based on RED I; in accordance with Eurostat these figures will not be modified anymore. Inconsistencies with other tables undergoing updates may occur.

Data available from: 1990

Status of the figures: This table contains definite figures up to and including 2022, figures for 2023 are revised provisional figures and figures for 2024 are provisional.

Changes as of june 2025: Figures for 2024 have been added.

Changes as of January 2025 Renewable cooling has been added as Energy source and technique from 2021 onwards, in accordance with RED II. Figures for 2020 and earlier follow RED I definitions, renewable cooling isn’t a part of these definitions.
The energy application “Heat” has been renamed to “Heating and cooling”, in accordance with RED II definitions. RED II is the current Renewable Energy Directive which entered into force in 2021

Changes as of November 15th 2024 Figures for 2021-2023 have been adjusted. 2022 is now definitive, 2023 stays revised provisional. Because of new insights for windmills regarding own electricity use and capacity, figures on 2021 have been revised.

Changes as of March 2024: Figures of the total energy applications of biogas, co-digestion of manure and other biogas have been restored for 2021 and 2022. The final energy consumption of non-compliant biogas (according to RED II) was wrongly included in the total final consumption of these types of biogas. Figures of total biogas, total biomass and total renewable energy were not influenced by this and therefore not adjusted.

When will new figures be published? Provisional figures on the gross final consumption of renewable energy in broad outlines for the previous year are published each year in June. Revised provisional figures for the previous year appear each year in June.

In November all figures on the consumption of renewable energy in the previous year will be published. These figures remain revised provisional, definite figures appear in November two years after the reporting year. Most important (expected) changes between revised provisional figures in November and definite figures a year later are the figures on solar photovoltaic energy. The figures on the share of total energy consumption in the Netherlands could also still be changed by the availability of adjusted figures on total energy consumption.

In recent years, scrutiny over the environmental impact of more traditional energy sources has translated into a rapid growth of renewables. The share of energy from renewable sources used in electricity generation worldwide has been rising annually, reaching roughly **** percent in 2024. Increasing capacity and production As renewable shares continue to grow, so does the installed capacity. Since 2010 the cumulative renewable energy capacity has risen from *** terawatts to *** terawatts in 2024. Renewable electricity production has also increased significantly, rising to *** petawatt hours in 2022. Despite this impressive and steady growth, the consumption of renewable energy still pales in comparison when compared to fossil fuel energy consumption. Consumption on the rise In the past two decades, global consumption of renewables has risen from just ** exajoules in 2000, to over ** exajoules in 2023. Globally, both China and the United States are the leading consumers of renewable energy, with a combined consumption of ** exajoules.

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This will act as the base data for the investigation into the possible solutions for the UK energy requirements

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A cleaned version of the UK statistics on renewable energy generation.

Acknowledgements

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/regional-renewable-statistics7

All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0,

In 2022, renewable energy production worldwide amounted to nearly *** petawatt hours. Global renewable energy production increased over the years. Between 2009 and 2022, figures rose by approximately **** petawatt hours.

India renewable energy for 2021 was 19.13%, a 0.62% decline from 2020.

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<li>India renewable energy for 2020 was <strong>19.76%</strong>, a <strong>2.93% increase</strong> from 2019.</li>
<li>India renewable energy for 2019 was <strong>16.83%</strong>, a <strong>1.82% increase</strong> from 2018.</li>
<li>India renewable energy for 2018 was <strong>15.01%</strong>, a <strong>0.85% increase</strong> from 2017.</li>
</ul>Renewable electricity is the share of electrity generated by renewable power plants in total electricity generated by all types of plants.

Renewable energy production in the United States reached an all-time high of 8,788 trillion British thermal units in 2024. Consumption followed closely behind at 8,581 trillion British thermal units. U.S. investment in clean energy The United States' investment in renewables has greatly increased in the past two decades. Clean energy in the United States currently comes primarily from wind, solar, and hydropower, with significant contributions from biofuel and biomass - also known as biopower. Investments are motivated not only by environmental concerns, but also by unstable markets for traditional fossil fuels. Crisis in oil markets When oil prices peaked during the 2008 financial crisis, investors turned toward developing renewables as well as increasing domestic oil production as a more economically viable source. During the 2010s oil glut, oversupply of shale oil followed the expansion of extraction methods such as hydraulic fracturing, used to access the country’s large reserves of sandstone deep underground.

United States US: Renewable Energy Consumption: % of Total Final Energy Consumption data was reported at 8.717 % in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 8.754 % for 2014. United States US: Renewable Energy Consumption: % of Total Final Energy Consumption data is updated yearly, averaging 5.454 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2015, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.754 % in 2014 and a record low of 4.089 % in 1994. United States US: Renewable Energy Consumption: % of Total Final Energy Consumption data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.World Bank: Energy Production and Consumption. Renewable energy consumption is the share of renewables energy in total final energy consumption.; ; World Bank, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) database from the SE4ALL Global Tracking Framework led jointly by the World Bank, International Energy Agency, and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program.; Weighted Average;

The Procurement Analysis Tool (PAT) was developed at NREL to help organizations explore renewable energy options that align with their goals. Users input facility data and answer goal-oriented questions. PAT analyzes this information to identify potential wind, solar, or storage resources and suitable procurement options (PPA, Green Tariffs) that align with their budget, location, and sustainability goals. For more information see the "Procurement Analysis Tool" resource below.

The Renewable Electricity Procurement Options Data (RE-POD) was an aggregated dataset meant to help local jurisdictions and utility customers within those jurisdictions understand the options that may be available to them to procure renewable electricity or renewable energy credits to meet energy goals. RE-POD has been discontinued and replaced with the PAT.

This data is part of a suite of state and local energy profile data available at the "State and Local Energy Profile Data Suite" link below and builds on Cities-LEAP energy modeling, available at the "EERE Cities-LEAP Page" link below. Examples of how to use the data to inform energy planning can be found at the "Example Uses" link below.

Clean and Renewable Energy Market is predicted to reach $13452.04 billion by 2030 with a CAGR of 16.2% from 2024 to 2030.

The global renewable power support policy dataset was compiled by Sarah Hafner (Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom) and Johan Lilliestam (Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Germany) in February-July 2017 and completed during 2017. The work was led by Johan Lilliestam but each author gathered half of the data. The data was formatted and checked for internal consistency by Tim Tröndle, IASS.

All non-commercial users are allowed to use and manipulate our data, but are required to give appropriate attribution. Hence, please cite this data as:

Hafner, S. & Lilliestam, J. (2019): The global renewable power support dataset. Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) & Anglia Ruskin University, Potsdam & Cambridge. Doi: https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.3371375.

If you are interested in contributing to and further developing the dataset: please contact Johan Lilliestam (IASS Potsdam).

The search was done in publically available sources, including but not limited to the IEA renewables policy database, res-legal.eu, Worldbank data, as well as data from the responsible national ministries.

Our data holds information on 10 specific policy instruments explicitly dedicated to the support for expansion of renewable electricity generation 1990-2016; some instruments, including taxation of non-renewables or emission trading, affect other sectors than renewable power, but are mentioned in their original policy description to also be dedicated to increasing renewable power. Our data concerns national policy measures, but ignores policies enacted on higher (e.g. EU-level in Europe) or lower (e.g. state-level policies in Canada, USA) political levels. For example, the “no support” entry for the United Arab Emirates indicates that there were no national-level policies: all policies were, in this case, emirate-specific.

The data exists in two versions: one version readable for humans (RE_policies_fullglobal.xlsx) and for each instrument type as .csv. The information in the two versions is identical and differs only in the way it is displayed.

Please refer to the metadata file for a detailed description of the dataset and the data categories.

Renewable energy consumption (% of total final energy consumption) in United States was reported at 10.9 % in 2021, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. United States - Renewable energy consumption (% of total final energy consumption) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

The DOE Planning Portal provides provisional Renewable Energy statistics based on NI planning applications. Tables are available for Renewable Energy applications and decisions by type, Local Government District and Parliamentary Constituency levels, as well as historical data going back to 2002/03.

Source agency: Environment (Northern Ireland)

Designation: Official Statistics not designated as National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: Renewable Energy Statistics

In the fiscal year 2023, the share of renewable energy in electricity generation in Japan reached approximately **** percent. Figures increased compared to around *** percent in fiscal 2011. Main energy sources for electricity generation in Japan The nuclear disaster in 2011 affected the electricity market in Japan insofar that nuclear energy was replaced by fossil fuels. Natural gas and coal represented the energy sources with the largest share of the total electricity production in Japan. Since the archipelago lacks domestic reserves of fossil fuels, it is dependent on imports. This resulted in a declining self-sufficiency rate of primary energy, and an increase in electricity costs for homes shortly after the disaster. To be more independent of fossil fuel imports as well as to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and electric power costs, the country's current energy policy aims to replace fossil fuels with nuclear and renewable energy sources. Renewable energy in Japan In recent years, Japan was one of the largest hydroelectric power generating countries. Solar and hydroelectric power represented the renewable energy sources with the largest share in the electricity production. Since Japan is a mountainous country, there is a lack of space for other renewable power facilities such as wind farms. Wind power currently produces only a small amount of the electricity supply. Therefore, the Japanese government presently supports the expansion of offshore wind farms. In 2020, the Japanese government announced its intention for the country to become entirely emission-free by 2050. Nevertheless, there has been international criticism that Japan is unlikely to expand its renewable energy share sufficiently to achieve this goal.

Kenya KE: Renewable Energy Consumption: % of Total Final Energy Consumption data was reported at 72.663 % in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 75.518 % for 2014. Kenya KE: Renewable Energy Consumption: % of Total Final Energy Consumption data is updated yearly, averaging 79.485 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2015, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 83.183 % in 2003 and a record low of 72.663 % in 2015. Kenya KE: Renewable Energy Consumption: % of Total Final Energy Consumption data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Kenya – Table KE.World Bank: Energy Production and Consumption. Renewable energy consumption is the share of renewables energy in total final energy consumption.; ; World Bank, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) database from the SE4ALL Global Tracking Framework led jointly by the World Bank, International Energy Agency, and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program.; Weighted average;

This dataset contains measured timeseries of renewable energy production and electricity consumption as well as exchange with neighboring countries/continents on hourly time resolution. The timeseries data has been divided into two xml files, one for each of the Danish price regions; DK1 (Western Denmark) and DK2 (Eastern Denmark). The data comes from the Danish TSO Energinet and was used in a flexibility study by Karen Olsen in 2018-19 leading to a paper that is to appear in the proceedings of the ICAE19 conference and is entitled: "Data-driven flexibility requirements for current and future scenarios with high penetration of renewables". A journal paper has also been submitted using the same data.The data has been extracted from a website run by Energinet at the following link where time series data is publicly available:https://www.energidataservice.dk/dataset/electricitybalanceThe present version was extracted in September 2019 and contains installation and production data from 2011 until and including the beginning of September 2019.The data is in the originally downloaded xml files, ready to be parsed by the python code written by Karen Olsen (see reference for Fanfare code).Data used for analysis:- offshore wind power generated (column: "Offshore Wind Power" in the xml file)- onshore wind power generated (column: "Onshore Wind Power" in the xml file)- solar power generated (column: "Solar Power Prod" in the xml file)- gross consumption (column: "Gross Con" in the xml file)Further information and code for analysis can be found under:https://kpolsen.github.io/FANFARE/Contains data used pursuant to 'Conditions for use of Danish public-sector data' from the Energi Data Service portal (www.energidataservice.dk).

Renewable energy consumption (% of total final energy consumption) in Indonesia was reported at 20.2 % in 2021, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Indonesia - Renewable energy consumption (% of total final energy consumption) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

This release includes annual estimates of low carbon and renewable energy economy activity in the UK and constituent countries: turnover, employment, exports, imports, acquisitions, disposals and number of businesses.