The upward trend in these shares continues to show both the rapid and increasing growth in the use of renewables and the declining expansion of non-renewable capacity. In this article we look at the data on renewable energy technologies across the world; What share of energy they account for today, and how quickly this is changing.

Energy institute - statistical review of world energy (2025) Ò€ learn more about this data note: Other renewables include geothermal, wave, and tidal. Renewable energy statistics 2025 provides datasets on power-generation capacity for 2015-2024, actual power generation for 2015-2023 and renewable energy balances for over 150 countries and areas for Ò€¦ Renewables collectively accounted for one-third of electricity generation, led by hydropower (14% of total electricity generation), wind (8%), solar pv (7%) and bioenergy and waste (3%). In fact, renewables are expected to surpass coal at the end of 2025 (or by mid-2026 at the latest, depending on hydropower availability) to become the largest source of electricity generation globally.

In fact, renewables are expected to surpass coal at the end of 2025 (or by mid-2026 at the latest, depending on hydropower availability) to become the largest source of electricity generation globally.