Australia - Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)

The value for Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh) in Australia was 21,044,000,000 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 21,044,000,000 in 2015 and a minimum value of 261,000,000 in 1970.

Definition: Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, includes geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass, and biofuels.

Source: IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2014 (http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), subject to https://www.iea.org/t&c/termsandconditions/

See also:

Year Value
1960 303,000,000
1961 303,000,000
1962 295,000,000
1963 301,000,000
1964 289,000,000
1965 296,000,000
1966 284,000,000
1967 290,000,000
1968 282,000,000
1969 281,000,000
1970 261,000,000
1971 263,000,000
1972 280,000,000
1973 338,000,000
1974 429,000,000
1975 489,000,000
1976 484,000,000
1977 429,000,000
1978 405,000,000
1979 418,000,000
1980 385,000,000
1981 404,000,000
1982 516,000,000
1983 431,000,000
1984 441,000,000
1985 456,000,000
1986 460,000,000
1987 470,000,000
1988 731,000,000
1989 810,000,000
1990 750,000,000
1991 769,000,000
1992 670,000,000
1993 681,000,000
1994 687,000,000
1995 746,000,000
1996 954,000,000
1997 995,000,000
1998 1,065,000,000
1999 1,195,000,000
2000 1,230,000,000
2001 1,599,000,000
2002 1,997,000,000
2003 2,345,000,000
2004 2,573,000,000
2005 4,794,000,000
2006 5,716,000,000
2007 6,674,000,000
2008 7,817,000,000
2009 6,800,000,000
2010 8,256,000,000
2011 9,718,000,000
2012 12,573,000,000
2013 14,939,000,000
2014 18,622,000,000
2015 21,044,000,000

Limitations and Exceptions: IEA occasionally revises its time series to reflect political changes. For example, the IEA has constructed historical energy statistics for countries of the former Soviet Union. In addition, energy statistics for other countries have undergone continuous changes in coverage or methodology in recent years as more detailed energy accounts have become available. Breaks in series are therefore unavoidable.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Electricity production from renewable sources (% of total) is the share of electricity produced by geothermal, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, tide, wind, industrial waste, municipal waste, primary solid biofuels, biogases, biogasoline, biodiesels, other liquid biofuels, nonspecified primary biofuels and waste, and charcoal in total electricity production which is the total number of GWh generated by power plants separated into electricity plants and CHP plants. Hydropower is excluded. The International Energy Agency (IEA) compiles data on energy inputs used to generate electricity. IEA data for countries that are not members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are based on national energy data adjusted to conform to annual questionnaires completed by OECD member governments. In addition, estimates are sometimes made to complete major aggregates from which key data are missing, and adjustments are made to compensate for differences in definitions. The IEA makes these estimates in consultation with national statistical offices, oil companies, electric utilities, and national energy experts.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Restricted use: Please contact the International Energy Agency for third-party use of these data.

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use