This overview is offering general information regarding renewable energy generation and its trends in the last 10 years

1. Renewable Energy Global
Overview 2018-2019
Visualization and Graphics : ren21.net
By : Hesam Hashemi
www.Nexgcg.com

2. The greatest portion of the
modern renewable share was
renewable thermal energy (an
estimated 4.2% of TFEC),
followed by hydropower (3.6%),
other renewable power sources
including wind power and solar
PV (2%), and transport biofuels
(about 1%)

3. The overall share of renewable energy (both modern renewables
and traditional biomass) in TFEC has increased only gradually,
averaging 0.8% annually between 2006 and 2016.

4. Nearly two-thirds (64%) of net installations in 2018 were
from renewable sources of energy, marking the fourth
consecutive year that net additions of renewable power
were above 50%.

5. As of the end of 2016, heating and cooling accounted for
around 51% of final energy use, transport for 32%, and
final electricity demand (excluding the purposes of
heating, cooling or transport) for around 17%.

6. Global subsidies for fossil fuel consumption reached an estimated USD 300
billion in 2017. In addition, one estimate places the true cost of fossil fuels at upwards of
USD 5.2 trillion. At least 115 countries in 2017, with at least 73 countries providing
subsidies of more than USD 100 million each.

7. Renewable energy in power generation continued its strong pace in 2018. An estimated
181 GW was installed worldwide, slightly above 2017 additions, and total installed
capacity grew more than 8%

8. Renewable energy has grown to account for more than 33% of the world’s total
installed power generating capacity.

9. Hydropower still accounted for some 60% of renewable electricity production in
2018, followed by wind power (21%), solar PV (9%) and bio-power (8%).Overall, the
installed renewable power capacity at year's end was enough to supply around 26.2%
of global electricity production.

10. 17 countries have more than 10 GW combined of wind power, solar PV, bio-power and geothermal
power. In 2018, the top countries for non-hydro capacity were China, the United States and
Germany (all over 100 GW), followed by India and Japan, then the United Kingdom, Italy and
Brazil/Spain. The top countries for non-hydro renewable power capacity per inhabitant were
Iceland, Denmark, Germany, Sweden and Finland.

11. Electricity from variable wind energy and solar PV achieved high penetration
levels in several countries in 2018. Variable renewables met high shares of
generation in Denmark (51%), Uruguay (36%), Ireland (29%), Germany (26%) and
Portugal (24%), and overall at least nine countries produced more than 20% of their
electricity from VRE in 2018

12. Solar photovoltaics (PV) was again the largest employer of all renewable energy
industries in 2018, followed by biofuels, hydropower, wind power, and solar heating
and cooling.