(in million metric tons of oil equivalent) This statistic represents electricity consumption around the world in 2008 and 2030, by region. In 2008, North America’s electricity consumption came to approximately 74 million metric tons of oil equivalent.Continue Reading

(in gigawatts) This statistic represents major countries at the end of year 2015, by cumulative solar PV capacity. China’s cumulative solar PV (photovoltaics) capacity reached 43.5 gigawatts at the end of 2015.Continue Reading

(in U.S. dollar cents per kilowatt hour) This statistic shows electricity prices in selected countries worldwide in 2015. In the United States, electricity prices stood at 9.43 U.S. dollar cents per kilowatt hour. In the United Kingdom, electricity users paid 14.16 U.S. dollar cents per kilowatt hour.Continue Reading

This statistic reflects the structure of residential end-user electricity prices in selected European cities as of February 2016. In Dublin, Ireland, energy taxes accounted for around six percent of the electricity price. (source: statista)Continue Reading

(in megawatts) This statistic represents the demand for solar photovoltaic (PV) power worldwide from 2007 to 2014 with a forecast for 2015 to 2020. In 2017, solar PV demand is expected to total 61,165 megawatts around the world. The United States has started a process to implement taxes on solar products from China and Taiwan,...Continue Reading

(in megawatts) This statistic displays the leading global companies based on their investment into wind and solar energies in 2015. In this year, Owens Corning, a building materials manufacturer, made deals to acquire 250 megawatts of renewable energy. Businesses around the world invested in some 3.4 gigawatts of renewable energy in 2015.Continue Reading

(in megawatts) This statistic shows the newly installed capacity of solar energy in Germany and China between 2009 and 2015. In 2013, China is estimated to reach 2.5 gigawatts of new installed solar energy capacity.Continue Reading

(in million metric tons of oil equivalent) This statistic shows renewable energy consumption in China from 2000 to 2015. In 2000, renewable energy consumption came to approximately 0.7 million metric tons of oil equivalent. (source: statista, BP) Based on gross generation from renewable sources including wind, geothermal, solar, biomass and waste, and not accounting for...Continue Reading

(in million metric tons oil equivalent) This statistic shows the annual consumption of renewable energy, excluding hydro electricity, within Europe and Eurasia from 2004 to 2015. Over this period consumption has steadily increased, reaching 142.8 million metric tons of oil equivalent in 2015. (Source: Statista, BP)   * Excludes hydro electricity consumption. The source adds...Continue Reading

(in terawatt) This statistic shows the potential of renewable energy sources in China. The potential energy of wind power in China is 173.4 terawatt. (source: statista, Gao Hun, Fan Jingchun)Continue Reading