The rise of renewable energy

Massive expansion of renewable power opens door to achieving ...

The report shows that under existing policies and market conditions, global renewable power capacity is now expected to grow to 7 300 GW over ...

Renewables are on the rise in the United States

The United States produces more than 3 times as much energy from the sun, the wind and the earth as we did just a decade ago.

Massive global growth of renewables to 2030 is set to match entire ...

The world is set to add more than 5 500 gigawatts (GW) of new renewable energy capacity between 2024 and 2030 – almost three times the increase seen between ...

Renewable Energy - C2ES

Renewables made up 19.8 percent of electricity generation in 2020, with hydro and wind making up the majority. That's expected to rise to 35 ...

The rise of renewables - DNV

We expect the average LCOE of solar PV to fall by at least 40% by 2050, with individual projects falling by as much as 60% relative to today's average cost.

Renewable Energy - Our World in Data

Hydroelectric power has been one of our oldest and largest sources of low-carbon energy. Hydroelectric generation at scale dates back more than a century, and ...

Renewable energy – powering a safer future | United Nations

The cost of electricity from solar power fell by 85 percent between 2010 and 2020. Costs of onshore and offshore wind energy fell by 56 percent and 48 percent ...

Renewable Energy

Renewable energy generates over 20% of all U.S. electricity , and that percentage continues to grow. The following graphic breaks down the shares of total ...

Renewable energy will produce 35% of global electricity by 2025: IEA

Renewables' share of the power generation mix worldwide is set to rise from 29% to 35% by 2025, according to the IEA. The share of coal and gas- ...

Record Growth in Renewables, but Progress Needs to be Equitable

Renewable Capacity Statistics 2024 released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) shows that 2023 set a new record in ...

Renewables On The Rise Dashboard - Environment America

Renewables On The Rise Dashboard. America produces more than three times as much power from the sun, the wind and the earth as we did in 2014, with growth in ...

Solar and wind to lead growth of U.S. power generation for the ... - EIA

Renewable sources—wind, solar, hydro, biomass, and geothermal—accounted for 22% of generation, or 874 billion kWh, last year. Annual renewable ...

State of the US Clean Energy Transition: Recent Progress, and What ...

Renewables, including large hydropower, represented about 25% of electricity generated in the United States in the first half of 2023. Utility- ...

2024 renewable energy industry outlook | Deloitte Insights

The Energy Information Administration expects renewable deployment to grow by 17% to 42 GW in 2024 and account for almost a quarter of electricity generation.

Renewable-energy development in a net-zero world

McKinsey estimates that by 2026, global renewable-electricity capacity will rise more than 80 percent from 2020 levels (to more than 5,022 ...

RISE

RISE scores reflect a snapshot of a country's policies and regulations in the energy sector, organized by the three pillars of sustainable energy.

Explaining the Exponential Growth of Renewable Energy

This article explains the reasons behind solar and wind's growth, how much progress has already been made, and what's needed to go even further.

Record Growth in Renewables Achieved Despite Energy Crisis

By the end of 2022, global renewable generation capacity amounted to 3372 Gigawatt (GW), growing the stock of renewable power by a record 295 GW or by 9.6 per ...

Renewable Energy Growth Rate Up 45% Worldwide In 2020 - NPR

The growth rate in the world's renewable energy capacity jumped 45% in 2020, part of an unprecedented boom in wind and solar energy.

Top Renewable Energy Trends - IBM

The agency predicts (link resides outside ibm.com) that by 2025, renewable energy will surpass coal to become the world's top source of ...