world Add 50% more renewable electricity in 2023 than in 2022 – meeting the global goal of tripling clean electricity energy Experts say this can be achieved within the next six years.
of international energy agencyThe group, the world's most authoritative opinion body on clean energy, made the announcement Thursday after analyzing current policy and market trends across power, transportation and heating.
As a result of the analysis, Renewable energy Solar power generation will account for three-quarters of the increase worldwide and is on track to increase 2.5 times over the past decade. The increase in renewable energy was primarily driven by China, but Europe, the United States and Brazil also saw record high electricity generation.
The report comes as good news after scientists confirmed earlier this week that: 2023 was 'by a wide margin' the hottest year on record This is mainly due to greenhouse gas emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels.
„Onshore wind and solar power is now cheaper than new fossil fuel power plants almost everywhere, and cheaper than existing fossil fuel power plants in most countries,“ IEA Director General Fatih Birol said. Ta.
“There are still some major hurdles to overcome, such as the difficult global macroeconomic environment. For me, the most important challenge for the international community is that most emerging countries, many of which have been left behind in the new energy economy, and to rapidly scale up financing and the deployment of renewable energy in developing countries. Achieving the treble goal depends on this.”
At the Cop28 climate change summit held in Dubai last month, 130 countries agreed to triple renewable energy and double energy efficiency by 2030.
Dave Jones, program director at energy think tank Ember, said last year's clean energy rollout had made it clear that meeting the 2030 target was „completely achievable“.
„This means that not only will fossil fuel use peak this decade, but we are increasingly on track to significantly reduce fossil fuel use,“ Jones said.
But he said the news contradicted the huge investments planned by the oil and gas industry, driven by „super profits“ from the energy crisis.
„2024 will be the year renewable energy goes from being a nuisance to an existential threat to the fossil fuel industry,“ he added.
In China, the world's biggest polluter, the clean energy sector is expanding faster than anywhere else on earth. The country commissioned as much solar power last year as the entire world did in 2022, while wind power grew 66% year-on-year, according to the IEA.
Work began this week on a $7.7 billion wind, solar and battery storage project in Shanxi province, near Beijing. bloomberg report. But the country is still building hundreds of coal-fired power plants.
The United States, the world's second-largest polluter, announced this week that solar power will drive electricity growth through 2025. The share of solar power generation will increase from 4% in 2023 to 7% in the next two years. , according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. However, the majority still comes from natural gas.
There was also optimism Wednesday that the U.S. saw its greenhouse gas emissions decline for the first time since the pandemic. Emissions in 2023 decreased by 1.9% compared to the previous year, even though the economy expanded by 2.4%. According to Rhodium Group analysis.
Thanks to relatively mild winters and fewer coal-fired power plants in the United States, emissions are now more than 17% below 2005 levels. Analysts say this is all a step in the right direction, but to meet the country's goal of halving emissions by 2023, the rate of decline must more than triple and remain at that level for the next six years. He said it was necessary to maintain it.