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March 31, 2022

Anna Murray 

On March 30, Ember released its third annual Global Electricity Review, "Global Electricity Review 2022." Ember's research aims to provide the most transparent and up-to-date picture of the global electricity transition in 2021. For the first time in 2021, fifty countries get more than a tenth of their energy from wind and solar. Furthermore, in 2021, solar and wind and other clean sources accounted for 38% of total electricity supply.

According to the analysis by Ember, solar and wind power could increase quickly enough to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Ember is the trading name of Sandbag Climate Campaign CIC and an independent energy think tank that uses data-driven insights to shift the world from coal to clean electricity. Data for 209 nations was included in the report, which covered the years 2000 through 2020. It added statistics for 75 nations for 2021.

The report found that ten countries, led by Denmark with 52 percent, generated more than 25% of their electricity from wind and solar. The Netherlands, Australia, and Vietnam have seen the most dramatic changes in their electricity generation from wind and solar. Wind and solar power are expected to rise globally at a rate of about 20% per year through 2030, according to Ember's Global Electricity Review.