Renewable energies have doubled in ten years

Published on: April 4, 2020 / Update from: August 22, 2020 - Author: Konrad Wolfenstein

The installed capacity of renewable energy systems worldwide has more than doubled in the last ten years. This comes from a report by the International Renewable Energy Agency . In Asia, the electricity generation capacity of wind power, solar energy, etc. increased by almost 190 percent during this period. In Europe & Eurasia, available power in gigawatts increased by around 73 percent - in Germany it was almost 122 percent. Accordingly, the share of renewables in electricity generation in this country has also increased significantly. According to BDEW, in the last quarter of 2020 they covered over half of gross domestic electricity consumption for the first time.

The worldwide installed capacity of renewable energy systems has more than doubled in the last ten years. This is according to a report by the International Renewable Energy Agency . In Asia, the power generation capacity of wind power, solar energy, etc. has even increased by almost 190 percent in this period. In Europe & Eurasia, available capacity in gigawatts has increased by around 73 percent – ​​in Germany it was almost 122 percent. Accordingly, the share of renewables in electricity generation in this country has also risen sharply. According to BDEW, they covered more than half of the gross domestic electricity consumption for the first time in the last quarter of 2020.

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