A third of global electricity generation fuelled by renewable sources: IRENA
New Delhi: There has been a global pivot towards clean energy sources with the energy dynamics been fundamentally altered. According to International Renewables Energy Agency (IRENA), a third of global power generation capacity or 2,351 giga watt (GW) is now being fuelled by renewable energy sources.
A 2 April IRENA report said that 171 GW of renewable energy was added in 2018, resulting in 2,351 GW or a third of global power generation capacity being fuelled by renewable sources. Interestingly, Asia accounted for 61% of new capacity in 2018.
“Asia continued to dominate the global solar capacity expansion with a 64 GW increase (about 70% of the global expansion in 2018). In a repeat of last year, China, India, Japan and Republic of Korea accounted for most of this,” the report said.
