I had the good fortune of seeing NREL’s director, Dan Arvizu, give an optimistic renewable energy and cleantech presentation in Abu Dhabi in January. He certainly knows how to pack a presentation full of interesting charts. More recently, Dan gave a presentation in Colorado that I didn’t attend but have the slides for. (Actually, the slides are online .) Below are a few of my favorite slides from the new presentation, followed by several fun charts and tables from the key findings of Ren21’s Renewables 2013 Global Status Report. (Thanks to a reader for tipping me off to both presentations!)
Renewable Energy Charts & Facts
This first chart is on annual capacity growth rates for renewable energy technologies:
Here’s a look at the world leaders for specific clean energy technologies (at the end of 2012):
Naturally, the pure capacity leaders are not necessarily the per capita or per GDP leaders — normally they aren’t (a gripe I have with these types of ratings). For the latest on those for wind and solar, see:
- Top Solar Power Countries
- Top Wind Power Countries Per Capita
- Top Wind Power Countries Per GDP
There’s much more in Dan’s presentation, including many slides on NREL’s extremely high-tech, energy-efficient, LEED-platinum campus. Check it all out for more fun.
Below are now charts from Ren21’s Renewables 2013 Global Status Report. As always, I recommend checking out the full report. However, I’ve also gone ahead and pulled out several of my favorite charts to share below. Enjoy! (If you’ve already checked out Dan Arvizu’s presentation, you’ll notice that some of the charts from the Ren21 report were used in that.)
Global Renewable Energy Charts & Facts
Here’s an estimate of renewable energy’s share of electricity production at the end of 2012:
Non-hydro renewable being at 5.2% can be seen in a positive or a negative way. It’s much higher than it was just a few years ago, but it’s still a relatively small percentage. However you look at it, though, definitely realize that it is growing fast and will for years to come. We’re just getting started!
Here’s an even closer look at global renewable energy capacity, showing the totals by country at the end of the past 3 years:
Here’s a look at the world’s non-hydro renewable energy capacity leaders (again, in terms of total not relative capacity):
Here’s a great summary of global renewable energy jobs totals, and totals for some leading economies:
http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/07/renewable-energy-charts-renewable-energy-facts/
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