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18 Fun Renewable Energy
Charts From NREL Director Dan
Arvizu & Ren21′s Renewables
2013 Global Status Report
I had the good fortune of seeing NREL’s director, Dan Arvizu, give an optimistic renewable
energy and cleantech presentation in Abu Dhabi in January. He certainly knows how to pack
a presentation full of interesting charts. More recently, Dan gave a presentation in Colorado
that I didn’t attend but have the slides for. (Actually, the slides are online [PDF].) Below are
a few of my favorite slides from the new presentation, followed by several fun charts and
tables from the key findings of Ren21’s Renewables 2013 Global Status Report. (Thanks to a
reader for tipping me off to both presentations!)
Renewable Energy Charts & Facts
This first chart is on annual capacity growth rates for renewable energy technologies:
Here’s a look at the world leaders for specific clean energy technologies (at the end of 2012):
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Naturally, the pure capacity leaders are not necessarily the per capita or per GDP leaders —
normally they aren’t (a gripe I have with these types of ratings). For the latest on those for
wind and solar, see:
1. Top Solar Power Countries
2. Top Wind Power Countries Per Capita
3. Top Wind Power Countries Per GDP
The next chart, moving away from renewables to energy use on the consumer level, is a
super fun one in my opinion. Ever wonder where homes & businesses are using their
energy? This chart has the details:
There’s much more in Dan’s presentation, including many slides on NREL’s extremely high-
tech, energy-efficient, LEED-platinum campus. Check it all out for more fun.
Below are now charts from Ren21’s Renewables 2013 Global Status Report. As always, I
recommend checking out the full report. However, I’ve also gone ahead and pulled out
several of my favorite charts to share below. Enjoy! (If you’ve already checked out Dan
Arvizu’s presentation, you’ll notice that some of the charts from the Ren21 report were used
in that.)
Global Renewable Energy Charts & Facts
Here’s an estimate of renewable energy’s share of electricity production at the end of 2012:
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Non-hydro renewable being at 5.2% can be seen in a positive or a negative way. It’s much
higher than it was just a few years ago, but it’s still a relatively small percentage. However
you look at it, though, definitely realize that it is growing fast and will for years to come.
We’re just getting started!
Here’s an even closer look at global renewable energy capacity, showing the totals by
country at the end of the past 3 years:
Here’s a look at the world’s non-hydro renewable energy capacity leaders (again, in terms of
total not relative capacity):
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Here’s a great summary of global renewable energy jobs totals, and totals for some leading
economies:
Here’s a look at how many and which countries have renewable energy policies (early 2013
compared to 2005):
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Solar Energy Charts & Facts
Getting into solar energy specifics more, here’s a look at global solar PV capacity growth:
That’s a nice curve if I’ve ever seen one!
Here’s a look at solar PV’s global capacity split at the end of 2012:
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Here’s a look at the top solar PV module manufacturers at the end of 2012:
Here’s a look at the growth of solar water heating around the world:
Here are the leading solar water heating countries in terms of 2011 additions:
Wow. Go, China!
And this last solar chart shows global solar thermal capacity growth:
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Wowza! And expect 2013′s total to be much bigger.
Wind Power Charts & Facts
Wind power has grown at a similarly impressive rate. Check out these three charts for more
on that as well as on the leading wind power countries and companies:
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If you might want more, check out this brief summary of the Renewables 2013 Global Status
Report and then get your butt over to the report’s key findings (or just jump straight over to
the full report):
Renewable energy markets, industries, and policy frameworkshave evolved rapidly in recent years. The Renewables GlobalStatus Report provides a comprehensive and timely overview ofrenewable energy market, industry, investment, and policydevelopments worldwide. It relies on the most recent dataavailable, provided by a network of more than 500 contributorsand researchers from around the world, all of which is broughttogether by a multi-disciplinary authoring team. The reportcovers recent developments, current status, and key trends; bydesign, it does not provide analysis or forecasts.
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3. World Wind Power In 2012 Advances Nearly 20%
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Grad • 3 months ago
Wind grew 45GW, PV grew 29GW, which is together 74GW. That's roughly the same
as 10-12GW of nuclear capacity. And how much nuclear was built worldwide in 2012?
About 3.7GW, according to http://www.nuclearpowerdaily.c...
It doesn't make sense to go nuclear as a low carbon source. Renewables are already
much faster and cheaper.
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Bob_Wallace • 3 months agoTop Commenter Grad
Bingo! We have a winner.
And renewables don't create radioactive waste.
And they don't melt down and make waste of the land around them.
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globi • 3 months ago Grad
According to IAEA nuclear had only a net growth of 1.7 GW last year.
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A Real Libertarian • 3 months ago Grad
Wait a second. 45GW at 33% = 15GW, and 29GW at 15% = 4.5GW. Add
together and that's easily 20GW of nukes.
Don't forget all the nuke closings, that makes nukes even worse.
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JamesWimberley • 3 months ago
Oz economist John Quiggin provides a useful back-of-the envelope calculation to
determine when renewables start cutting back coal (johnquiggin.com/2013/11/04/the...
"Installed global capacity of coal-fired power is of the order of 1000GW. To reduce that,
it’s necessary to install enough renewables to meet demand growth. .... 5 per cent
growth is 50 GW. if we assume availability of coal is four times that of renewables, we
need 200 GW of renewables a year to meet growth."
We are now roughly one-third of the way to this milestone. If current growth rates
continue - a big if - we will reach the Quiggin point in 2018.
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Matt • 3 months ago
We need to grow those dollars/year spent. Which means stronger market signals: cut
support to coal/oil/gas, carbon/pollution tax, better building codes (negawatts).
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Senlac • 3 months ago
My head is spinning with all these graphs, because they all look so good. World wide
renewables (non-Hydro) were 5.2% in 2012. Will we break 6% after 2013? I put my
money on yes.
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Chris Marshalk • 3 months ago
What an AMAZING article !!! Go CleanTechnica :) Love the Statistics & Graphs.
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John Brian Shannon • 3 months ago
A heartwarming article Zachary!
If government subsidies for fossil and nuclear were cut to the same levels as
renewables receive, I bet we would be at 95%-100% renewables by 2020.
Someone CleanTechnica -- please, hammer away at that angle -- fossil and nuclear
subsidies, compared to renewable subsidies.
Side-by-side, megawatt-by-megawatt comparison charts would be an early Christmas
gift to us all.
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tibi stibi • 3 months ago
the solar grow graph is a bit scary. in 2011 there was 31GW installed (from 40 to 71)
and in 2012 it was down to 29GW (from 71 to 100).
any explanation why it declines?
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Grad • 3 months ago tibi stibi
Probably because of reduction of feed-in-tariffs in Europe.
But it's expected to rise 35GW this year and up to 50GW in 2014, and margins
have increased to double digit numbers. So PV has a bright future.
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JMin2020 • 3 months ago
It has been very good for Bio Fuels and Solar. I guess we'll see how large scale wind
has done in a later report.
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Wayne Williamson • 3 months ago
I wish I hadn't sold my shares of GE several years ago....
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