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How the world makes electricity

Forty years of world electricity generation, stacked by source. The fossil base has never shrunk; wind and solar are the fast-growing wedge arriving on top. Scrub to any year.

Data & source

Data: Our World in Data · Ember & Energy Institute · TWh per year · generation, not capacity · "other renewables" = biofuel + geothermal · updated —