It was founded in 2001 as a unifying forum for bringing renewable energy into the mainstream of americans economy and lifestyle. This dashboard provides an overview on trends in global renewable energy levelised costs of electricity lcoe in the time period from 2010 until 2017. Other renewables include utility renewable energy purchasing beyond rps requirements and onsite generation. In the chart, sourced from irenas latest rethinking energy report, we see the lcoe measured in 2016 usd per megawatthour of electricity produced across. Renewable us energy information administration eia us. This renewable energy data book for 2011 provides facts and figures on energy in general. Including hydropower, renewable energy represents nearly 11% of total installed. The total capacity of projects signing power purchase agreements in africa has increased from less than 1gwyr in 2010 and 2011 to 56gwyr in 201617. Natural gas and renewable energy generated 56% of u.
Renewable energy provided 10 percent, or 425 billion kilowatthours kwh of electricity in 2010, out of a u. Buildings energy data book datasets openei doe open data. Facts include renewable electricity capacity, generation, and capacity additions for u. Irena and ren21 are collaborating to update their databases of decentralised renewable energy. Biomass energy data book info oak ridge national laboratory. Introduction to renewable energy energy and the environment. The statistics presented in this article are based on data compiled in accordance with accounting rules set down in the directive 200928ec on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and calculated on the basis of energy statistics covered by regulation ec no 10992008 on energy statistics, most recently amended in november. The international renewable energy agency irena has set out to produce comprehensive, reliable data sets on renewable energy capacity and use worldwide.
Solar industry research data seia seia solar energy. Key findings although renewable energy excluding hydropower is a relatively small portion of total energy supply both globally and in the united states, renewable energy installations in both the world and in the united states have nearly tripled between 2000 and 2008. Nrels 10th renewable energy data book reveals us green power. Renewables include the primary energy equivalent of hydro excluding pumped storage, geothermal, solar, wind, tide and wave sources. Renewable power generation share worldwide 2018 statista. By fuel, energy consumption growth was driven by natural gas, which contributed more than 40% of the increase. The connection between renewable energy and sustainable development as well as policy recommendations and the way forward to combat the barriers to re technologies have been discussed. In the united states, renewable energy has been capturing a growing percentage of new capacity additions. On the eu publications website you can find all the. After cop15, i started building a nonprofit organization to promote the big push, but dropped it when many of our ideas were absorbed into thenu. The authority behind the african energy data books projections comes from the giant database underpinning the african energy live data platform. In the united states, renewable energy has been capturing a growing percent of new capacity additions during the past few years. Renewable energy accounts for 22% of all global electricity generation 4,309 twh. The big push transforming the worlds energy systems.
Past performance and planned enhancements released march 22, 2016 tags. Secretarygeneral ban kimoons sustainable energy for all initiative. The primary data represented and synthesized in the 2015 renewable energy data book come from the publicly available data sources identified on page 122. Wind generation grew by a factor of and solar photovoltaic generation grew by a factor of more than 51 between 2000 and 2011. It allows to browse data through intuitive maps and graphs, for a visual analysis of the latest trends in the energy industry. Renewable energy consumption % of total final energy. The global energy statistical yearbook is a enerdatas free online interactive data tool. Percentage on a 2009 renewable energy directive basis. Renewable energy is defined as the contribution of renewables to total primary energy supply tpes. Trends in growth in energy consumption and energy intensity 47.
The share of wind and solar energy is growing rapidly and steadily 0. The 2016 renewable energy data book provides facts and figures on energy and electricity use, renewable electricity in the united states, global renewable energy development, wind power, solar power, geothermal power, biopower, hydropower, marine and hydrokinetic power, hydrogen, renewable fuels, and clean energy investment. Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources, which are naturally replenished on a human timescale, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, and geothermal heat. Map of atlantic and pacific ocs renewable energy areas. Department of energys office of energy efficiency and renewable energy developed this resource to. Energy efficiency, natural gas and renewable energy now support over 3. Renewable energy and sustainable development sciencedirect. Eu energy statistical pocketbook and country datasheets.
According to the us energy information administration eia, us energy related co 2 emissions decreased by 2. This edition is based on data and information available as of june 2016. The biannual energy statistical country datasheets last update 20032020 cover all eu member states and present in a comparative format long term timeseries of the energy balances, electricity and heat generation, main energy indicators, cogeneration, transport fuels and greenhouse gases emissions. Renewable energy in the united kingdom can be divided into production for electricity, heat, and transport from the mid1990s renewable energy began to contribute to the electricity generated in the united kingdom, building on a small hydroelectric generating capacity. The eu seeks to have a 20 % share of its gross final energy consumption from renewable sources by 2020. The full story of my experiences in copenhagen is told in the second edition of my 2010 book, believing cassandra. Buildings energy data book the building energy data book 2011 is a compendium of data from a variety of data sets and includes statistics on residential and commercial building energy consumption. The united states experienced even more dramatic growth, as installed wind energy capacity. He is also the author of wind energy, renewable energy and the environment crc press, boca raton, fl, 2009. Hydroelectric power is currently the largest producer of renewable electricity in the country, generating around 6. Installed global renewable electricity capacity also continued to increase. Uttar pradesh electricity regulatory commission minigrid renewable energy generation and supply regulations regulation, 2016. Cleanpower offers the most efficient and targeted event for utilityscale renewable companies. Renewable energy data book department of energy energy.
Energy fact book 20162017 natural resources canada. Energy derived from solid biofuels, biogasoline, biodiesels, other liquid biofuels, biogases and the renewable. The united states experienced even more dramatic growth, as installed wind energy capacity increased by a factor of nearly 16 between 2000 and 2010. Uttar pradesh electricity regulatory commission minigrid renewable energy generation and supply regulations regulation,2016.
Department of energys office of energy efficiency and renewable energy developed this resource to provide a comprehensive set of buildings and energyrelated data. All data is subject to revisions by statistical sources. Renewable energy consumption % of 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. The biannual energy statistical country datasheets last update 20032020 cover all eu member states and present in a comparative format long term timeseries of the energy balances, electricity and heat generation, main energy indicators, cogeneration, transport fuels and greenhouse gases emissions related links. Commercial buildings factsheet center for sustainable. In 2017, renewable electricity accounted for 60 percent of us electricity capacity additions, compared to 67 percent in 2016. Consumption of energy resources 4159 highlights 4145 table 6. The 2016 renewable energy grid integration data book identifies the status, key trends, challenges, and solutions of renewable energy grid integration in a highly visual format. Energy fact book 20162017 v preface the purpose of the energy fact book is to provide key information on energy markets in canada in a format that is easy to consult. Data tables contain statistics related to construction, building technologies, energy consumption, and building characteristics. According to preliminary data from the us energy information administration, renewable energy accounted for about 11% of total primary energy consumption and about 17% of the domestically produced electricity in the united states in 2018.
In 2016, renewable electricity accounted for 67% of u. This renewable energy data book for 2010 provides facts and figures on energy in general, renewable electricity in the united states, global renewable energy development, wind power, solar energy, geothermal power, biopower, hydropower, advanced water power, hydrogen, renewable fuels, and clean energy investments. Nelson developed the material for a new online course in renewable energy at wtamu, spring 2010, and this book is the result. Data from seias annual solar means business report show that major u. This has been surpassed by wind power, for which the uk has large potential resources. Not including hydropower, 2010 renewable electricity installed capacity has reached about 59 gw in the. The renewable energy data book for 2016 provides facts and figures on renewable energy deployment in the united states, with context of u. These renewable energy snapshots are based on various data providers including grey data sources and tries to give an overview about the latest developments and trends in the different technologies.
Focusing wave energy for wave energy converter applications wave tank tests at stevens institute of technology quantified the ability of nearsurface platforms to concentrate wave energy over the platform. Through 2018, the top corporate solar users in america have installed more than 7,000 mw of capacity across more than 35,000 different facilities. The data sets comprising the data book are now publicly available in user. Key findings, continued worldwide, wind energy is one of the fastest growing renewable energy technologies between 2000 and 2010, wind energy generation worldwide increased by a factor of 11. Although renewable energy excluding hydropower is a relatively small portion of total energy supply both globally and in the united states, the installed global renewable energy capacity has more than quadrupled between 2000 and 2010. All fuels grew faster than their 10year averages, apart from renewables, although renewables. The national renewable energy laboratory recently released its 2015 renewable energy data book, showing that renewable electricity grew to 16. Renewable generation would have been higher, but for a net decrease of. The 2015 renewable energy data book provides facts and figures on energy and electricity use, renewable electricity in the united states, global renewable energy development, wind power, solar power, geothermal power, biopower, hydropower, marine and hydrokinetic power, hydrogen, renewable fuels, and clean energy investment. Energy statistics 2017 c e n t r a l s t a t i s t i c s o f f i c e page chapter 6.
Project and generator specifications and initial prototype test data for flaptype wave energy converters wec. Dec 16, 2016 the national renewable energy laboratory recently released its 2015 renewable energy data book, showing that renewable electricity grew to 16. In 2007, acore published outlook on renewable energy in america, a two volume report about the future of renewable energy in the united states. Capacity data are reported in watts of alternating current ac unless indicated otherwise. Renewable energy investment in solar energy technologies 20042018 profit from additional features with an employee account please create an. Rwe innogy factbook renewable energy 15062010 page 2 table of contents 1 rwe group 3 2 rwe innogy 6 3 business approach 16 4 renewable technologies 21 4. Renewable energy gis data bureau of ocean energy management. In 2018, the share of wind and solar in the global power mix rose by 0. Home 2010 renewable energy data book the annual report is an important assessment of u. This page provides direct access to data that the program has developed or maintains. This dashboard allows users to view and download renewable energy balances for a number of countries by category, technology, source and more. The yearly editions of the renewable energy data book, as posted on the u.
The 2016 renewable energy statistics yearbook shows data sets on renewable powergeneration capacity for 20062015, renewable power generation for 20062014 and renewable energy balances for. In 2008, renewable energy accounted for more than 43% of all new gridconnected electrical capacity installations in. Depending on the details of available geographic data. Renewable energy often provides energy in four important areas. Share of renewable energy almost doubled between 2004 and 2018. Annual energy data from 1990 to 2016 are available online through the undata portal. Trends in consumption of conventional sources of energy 46. Wind and solar energy are the fastest growing renewable electricity technologies worldwide. Trends in consumption of conventional sources of energy 46 table 6. This renewable energy data book for 2010 provides facts and figures on energy in general, renewable electricity in the united states. Solar, wind, hydropower, and other renewable energy sources currently. While voluntary purchases of green power are becoming more common in todays electricity markets, these markets offer many choices.