European Union | Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)

Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, includes geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass, and biofuels. Limitations and exceptions: IEA occasionally revises its time series to reflect political changes. For example, the IEA has constructed historical energy statistics for countries of the former Soviet Union. In addition, energy statistics for other countries have undergone continuous changes in coverage or methodology in recent years as more detailed energy accounts have become available. Breaks in series are therefore unavoidable. Statistical concept and methodology: Electricity production from renewable sources (% of total) is the share of electricity produced by geothermal, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, tide, wind, industrial waste, municipal waste, primary solid biofuels, biogases, biogasoline, biodiesels, other liquid biofuels, nonspecified primary biofuels and waste, and charcoal in total electricity production which is the total number of GWh generated by power plants separated into electricity plants and CHP plants. Hydropower is excluded. The International Energy Agency (IEA) compiles data on energy inputs used to generate electricity. IEA data for countries that are not members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are based on national energy data adjusted to conform to annual questionnaires completed by OECD member governments. In addition, estimates are sometimes made to complete major aggregates from which key data are missing, and adjustments are made to compensate for differences in definitions. The IEA makes these estimates in consultation with national statistical offices, oil companies, electric utilities, and national energy experts.
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European Union
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European Union | Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)
1960 0.4607155
1961 0.4684794
1962 0.4434195
1963 0.44779859
1964 0.41473122
1965 0.42239888
1966 0.54102929
1967 0.55493994
1968 0.57101822
1969 0.5658175
1970 0.75488266
1971 0.73564139
1972 0.66973877
1973 0.66045585
1974 0.52465071
1975 0.55894429
1976 0.5139069
1977 0.51971396
1978 0.52239406
1979 0.50756038
1980 0.61395207
1981 0.61775774
1982 0.55152208
1983 0.55844401
1984 0.56783431
1985 0.58197789
1986 0.61634001
1987 0.57920829
1988 0.6005237
1989 0.59381047
1990 0.80798458
1991 0.83746607
1992 0.90150224
1993 0.9961892
1994 1.06013286
1995 1.15054534
1996 1.13787765
1997 1.40717836
1998 1.64566228
1999 1.7807615
2000 2.1592795
2001 2.32393825
2002 2.83968373
2003 3.29272164
2004 4.04731118
2005 4.68636346
2006 5.31592913
2007 6.33698472
2008 7.20580448
2009 8.54349723
2010 9.47824416
2011 11.60608604
2012 13.63334995
2013 15.17892145
2014 16.50437582
2015 18.04195965
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European Union | Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)

Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, includes geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass, and biofuels. Limitations and exceptions: IEA occasionally revises its time series to reflect political changes. For example, the IEA has constructed historical energy statistics for countries of the former Soviet Union. In addition, energy statistics for other countries have undergone continuous changes in coverage or methodology in recent years as more detailed energy accounts have become available. Breaks in series are therefore unavoidable. Statistical concept and methodology: Electricity production from renewable sources (% of total) is the share of electricity produced by geothermal, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, tide, wind, industrial waste, municipal waste, primary solid biofuels, biogases, biogasoline, biodiesels, other liquid biofuels, nonspecified primary biofuels and waste, and charcoal in total electricity production which is the total number of GWh generated by power plants separated into electricity plants and CHP plants. Hydropower is excluded. The International Energy Agency (IEA) compiles data on energy inputs used to generate electricity. IEA data for countries that are not members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are based on national energy data adjusted to conform to annual questionnaires completed by OECD member governments. In addition, estimates are sometimes made to complete major aggregates from which key data are missing, and adjustments are made to compensate for differences in definitions. The IEA makes these estimates in consultation with national statistical offices, oil companies, electric utilities, and national energy experts.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
European Union
Records
63
Source