Renewable capacity highlights 11 April 2022 Renewable generation capacity by energy source At the end of 2021, global renewable generation capacity amounted to 3 064 GW. Hydropower accounted for the largest share of the global total, with a capacity of 1 230 GW.* Solar and wind energy accounted for equal shares of the remainder, with capacities of 849 GW and 825 GW respectively. Other renewables included 143 GW of bioenergy and 16 GW of geothermal, plus 524 MW of marine energy. Renewable power capacity growth Renewable generation capacity increased by 257 GW (+9.1%) in 2021. Solar energy continued to lead capacity expansion, with an increase of 133 GW (+19%), followed by wind energy with 93 GW (+13%). Hydropower capacity increased by 19 GW (+2%) and bioenergy by 10 GW (+8%). Geothermal energy increased by 1.6 GW. Solar and wind energy continued to dominate renewable capacity expansion, jointly accounting for 88% of all net renewable additions in 2021. Along with the higher growth of geothermal, this growth in wind and solar led to a high annual increase in renewable generating capacity. ______________________________________________________________________________ * Note: these figures exclude pure pumped storage. At end-2021, this was an additional 130 GW, giving a total hydropower capacity of 1 360 GW. 05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0002016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021HydropowerSolarWindBioenergyGeothermal0255075100125150Capacity added in 2021GWHEADLINE FIGURES 3 064 GW Global renewable generation capacity at the end of 2021 9.1% Growth in renewable capacity during 2021 257 GW Net increase in global renewable generation capacity in 2021 60% Share of new renewable capacity installed in Asia in 2021 88% Wind and sola...
