About 40% of the world’s power generation is now renewable::About 40% of the world’s power generation is now renewable 83% of new power capacity created in 2022 was renewable, according to a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The report takes stock of the world’s renewable en
    • knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml
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      11 months ago

      They’re measuring installed capacity, not actually generated power. Given the very low output vs theoretical maximum capacity of renewables this translates to something closer to 15% generated power, including hydroelectric.

  • ArcaneGadget@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    FFS… They could at least fucking skim the report they are writing about. It’s not 40%, it’s 28%…

    The total global electricity consumption, from all sources, including renewables, was 28 500 TWh in 2022, a 2.5% increase compared with 2021 (and a 25% increase compared with ten years earlier, 2013) (EMBER, 2023). According to IRENA (2023b) the percentage of electricity consumption met by RE was 27.8% in 2022, up from 27.6% in 2021. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) (2023), demand is expected to grow by slightly less than 2% in 2023.

    • Ben Matthews@sopuli.xyz
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      11 months ago

      I couldn’t find any related 40% in the report pdf. However there is a difference between fraction of capacity, and fraction of consumption - not all capacity is used, maybe that explains some of the gap?