In 2023, renewable energies will account for a record 30% of the world’s electricity production, mainly thanks to solar and wind power, according to the specialist think tank Ember in its new annual Global Electricity Review, published on Wednesday 8 May.
This increase “would have been enough to reduce global emissions from the electricity sector in 2023. However, drought led to a five-year low in hydropower, creating a deficit that was largely made up by coal”, Ember noted.