ShareRenewable energy supplied an estimated 16% of global final energy consumption in 2010
According to the Renewables 2011 Global Status Report, in 2010, rRenewable energy supplied an estimated 16% of global final energy consumption and delivered close to 20% of global electricity.
According to the Renewables 2011 Global Status Report, in 2010:
- Renewable energy supplied an estimated 16% of global final energy consumption and delivered close to 20% of global electricity
- Solar PV more than doubled thanks to declining costs
- Global investments in renewables rose 30% to a record USD 211 billion, i.e. over five times the amount invested in 2004
- Emerging and developing economies increase their share of policies, investment, supply and use.
The renewable energy sector continues to perform well despite continuing economic recession, incentive cuts, and low natural-gas prices. Renewable capacity now comprises about a quarter of total global power-generating capacity. Global solar PV production and markets more than doubled in comparison with 2009, thanks to government incentive programmes and the continued fall in PV module prices.
Germany installed more PV in 2010 than the entire world put together in 2009. PV markets in Japan and the USA almost doubled relative to 2009.
By early 2011, at least 119 countries had some type of policy target or renewable support policy at the national level, more than doubling from 55 countries in early 2005. Over half of these countries are in the developing world. At least 95 countries now have some type of policy to support renewable power generation.
Besides Asia, significant advances are also seen in many Latin American countries, and at least 20 countries in the Middle East, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa, and most of the future growth in energy demand is expected to occur in developing countries.
Developed countries still led the way in investment in small-scale power projects and R&D during 2010. Germany, Italy and the US were the top three.
Ren21 emphasizes that people are increasingly gaining access to energy services through renewables worldwide, not only to meet their basic needs, but also to enable them to develop economically. Renewable energy in remote areas is ensuring that more of the world’s people are gaining access to basic energy services, including lighting and communications, cooking, heating and cooling, and water pumping, and such access generates economic growth.
REN21 has launched a Renewables Interactive Map - a streamlined tool for gathering and sharing information online about developments related to renewable energy.
- Renewable energy supplied an estimated 16% of global final energy consumption and delivered close to 20% of global electricity
- Solar PV more than doubled thanks to declining costs
- Global investments in renewables rose 30% to a record USD 211 billion, i.e. over five times the amount invested in 2004
- Emerging and developing economies increase their share of policies, investment, supply and use.
The renewable energy sector continues to perform well despite continuing economic recession, incentive cuts, and low natural-gas prices. Renewable capacity now comprises about a quarter of total global power-generating capacity. Global solar PV production and markets more than doubled in comparison with 2009, thanks to government incentive programmes and the continued fall in PV module prices.
Germany installed more PV in 2010 than the entire world put together in 2009. PV markets in Japan and the USA almost doubled relative to 2009.
By early 2011, at least 119 countries had some type of policy target or renewable support policy at the national level, more than doubling from 55 countries in early 2005. Over half of these countries are in the developing world. At least 95 countries now have some type of policy to support renewable power generation.
Besides Asia, significant advances are also seen in many Latin American countries, and at least 20 countries in the Middle East, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa, and most of the future growth in energy demand is expected to occur in developing countries.
Developed countries still led the way in investment in small-scale power projects and R&D during 2010. Germany, Italy and the US were the top three.
Ren21 emphasizes that people are increasingly gaining access to energy services through renewables worldwide, not only to meet their basic needs, but also to enable them to develop economically. Renewable energy in remote areas is ensuring that more of the world’s people are gaining access to basic energy services, including lighting and communications, cooking, heating and cooling, and water pumping, and such access generates economic growth.
REN21 has launched a Renewables Interactive Map - a streamlined tool for gathering and sharing information online about developments related to renewable energy.