30% of the world’s electricity is already renewable: 2024 may see fossil fuel emissions fall

The EU is leading the energy transition, thanks to the take-off of photovoltaic and wind power

The growth of solar and wind power led the world to exceed 30% renewable energy over total electricity for the first time in 2023, according to a report by global energy think tank Ember. For its part, the EU already generated 44% of its electricity from renewable energies last year, well above the global average. In fact, according to other reports, in the first quarter of 2024 it would have already exceeded 50%. Since 2000, clean energy on the planet has gone from accounting for 19% of total global electricity to more than 30%, thanks to an increase in solar and wind power, which has gone from representing 0.2% in 2000 to reaching a record 13.4% in 2023.

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