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.
Nevertheless, emissions from the electricity sector are expected to peak in 2023.
The rate at which emissions fall will then depend on how quickly the development of clean energy continues.
The report also reveals that wind and solar power have developed faster than any other source of electricity in history.
It took just 8 years for solar energy to go from generating 100 TWh to 1,000 TWh of electricity. It is now leading the energy revolution: by 2023, solar energy will have added more than twice the electricity generated by coal.
To see the study, go to https://aeur.eu/f/c5j (Original version in French by Pauline Denys)