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

The value for Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh) in High income was 1,092,450,000,000 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,092,450,000,000 in 2015 and a minimum value of 2,999,000,000 in 1960.

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 2,999,000,000
1961 3,384,000,000
1962 3,752,000,000
1963 4,299,000,000
1964 4,556,000,000
1965 4,898,000,000
1966 6,005,000,000
1967 6,214,000,000
1968 7,024,000,000
1969 7,652,000,000
1970 10,461,000,000
1971 10,867,000,000
1972 11,743,000,000
1973 13,467,000,000
1974 12,279,000,000
1975 13,686,000,000
1976 14,978,000,000
1977 15,848,000,000
1978 16,039,000,000
1979 17,884,000,000
1980 21,109,000,000
1981 22,775,000,000
1982 29,820,000,000
1983 32,669,000,000
1984 36,574,000,000
1985 40,379,000,000
1986 43,900,000,000
1987 45,925,000,000
1988 48,117,000,000
1989 109,515,000,000
1990 135,688,000,000
1991 103,342,000,000
1992 114,139,000,000
1993 119,374,000,000
1994 124,869,000,000
1995 126,530,000,000
1996 130,184,000,000
1997 137,329,000,000
1998 143,825,000,000
1999 154,808,000,000
2000 171,016,000,000
2001 175,002,000,000
2002 200,841,000,000
2003 220,042,000,000
2004 253,273,000,000
2005 287,781,000,000
2006 323,414,000,000
2007 370,909,000,000
2008 424,918,000,000
2009 480,224,000,000
2010 570,441,000,000
2011 671,158,000,000
2012 771,011,000,000
2013 880,692,000,000
2014 975,901,000,000
2015 1,092,450,000,000

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