Report: 2023 a Big Year for Renewable Energy

2024-05-10

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  • A recent report says that 2023 was a record-breaking year for renewable energy sources.
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  • Ember, a research group based in London, reported that, for the first time, 30 percent of electricity produced worldwide was from clean energy sources.
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  • And billions of people are using clean energy sources daily as the number of solar and wind farms continues to grow.
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  • Last year, hydroelectric dams produced most of the clean energy sources - as in most years.
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  • Yet dry weather conditions, or droughts, in India, China, and North America meant hydropower hit a five-year low.
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  • Research shows climate change is causing droughts to develop more quickly and be more severe.
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  • People used more electricity than ever last year, about 2 percent more, an increase of about as much as Canada uses in a year.
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  • Some of this new demand was for heat pumps, which are an efficient way to both heat and cool buildings, and for electric vehicles.
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  • The demand was also for electrolyzers, special machines used to get hydrogen out of water, for energy.
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  • These are all technologies that provide solutions to climate change.
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  • Other increased demand was for electricity to feed new data centers and for air conditioning as places around the world become hotter.
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  • Solar made up the biggest part of new clean energy last year. More than twice as much solar power was added as coal power.
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  • It was the 19th year in a row that solar was the fastest-growing source of electricity generation.
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  • A large increase in solar installations happened at the end of the year and the report predicts 2024 will see an even larger jump.
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  • China added more renewable energy than any other country last year - 51 percent of the new solar power and 60 percent of the new wind power worldwide.
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  • China, the European Union, the United States and Brazil together were responsible for 81 percent of new solar generation in 2023.
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  • Despite the growth in clean energy, fossil fuels like coal still made up most of the electricity generated worldwide last year.
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  • The report said some countries burned coal to make up for the loss of hydroelectric power they experienced when drought caused their water supply to dry up.
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  • China was responsible for 55 percent of coal generation worldwide.
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  • And 60 percent of China's electricity generation came from coal.
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  • China, India, Vietnam and Mexico were responsible for nearly all of the increase.
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  • The International Energy Agency says fossil fuels release more carbon dioxide to produce electricity.
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  • And scientists say fossil fuel burning needs to decrease quickly to protect Earth's climate.
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  • Experts expect the world to use even more electricity in 2024.
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  • However, as renewable energy generation is predicted to grow, it could mean a 2 percent drop in energy generated from fossil fuels.
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  • I'm John Russell.