132. Ember’s Global Electricity Review 2024

We bring in the star of the week, Ember’s Dave Jones, to discuss the Global Electricity Review 2024, published last week.
Main take aways (thank you Nat Bullard): 

• Renewable sources (hydro, wind, solar, geothermal, biomass) are now 30% of global electricity supply.
• Solar generation increased 23% yoy; wind 10%.
• Fossil fuel generation increased 0.8%.

If not for a decline in hydro production, renewables would have met almost the entirety of the global increase in electricity demand.
We are entering a new era of electricity with three great flexors acting on a complex and growing supply mix:

1. Continued growth of wind+solar increasing global clean electron supply
2. Variations in hydro and nuclear production
3. Demand driven by electrification, data, and global wealth

 https://ember-climate.org/insights/research/global-electricity-review-2024/

 
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