The inconvenient truth about the #renewables boom in a world of growing energy consumption. Share of fossil fuels basically unchanged 2009-2019.
From @REN21's new 'Renewables 2021 Global Status Report'
ren21.net/reports/global…
The 11.2% #renewables share excludes so-called 'traditional biomass' (e.g., wood for cookstoves). Even then, share of #bioenergy among renewables still considerable
From @REN21's new 'Renewables 2021 Global Status Report'
ren21.net/reports/global…
You might have heard #renewables overtook fossil fuels in new infrastructure but this usually only refers to power sector & only to capacity not generation. Picture for whole energy system rather bleak
From @REN21's new Renewables 2021 Global Status Report
ren21.net/reports/global…
One reason for this misperception is that the power sector, where most of the #renewables progress has happened, covers only a rather small share of final energy use, compared to transport & heating
From @REN21's new 'Renewables 2021 Global Status Report'
ren21.net/reports/global…
A closer look at the power sector shows that generation from #renewables is clearly on the rise, with more than half of it still coming from hydropower. Fossil fuels continue to dominate the picture
From @REN21's new 'Renewables 2021 Global Status Report'
ren21.net/reports/global…
Last figure from @REN21 'Renewables 2021 Global Status Report': power sector is undergoing dramatic change, but note that these are capacity additions, which don't translate directly into share of #renewables in electricity generation (load factors etc.)
ren21.net/reports/global…
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