The following statistics were collected in early 2024 for Global energy-related (not just electricity) CO2 emissions:
- In 2023 the total emissions were 37.4 billion tons
- It increased in 2023 by 410 million tons (1.1% rise). In 2022 the increase was 490 million tons.
- 40% of the rise in 2023 can be attributed to an exceptional shortfall in hydropower due to extreme droughts in China, the US, and several other economies
Source: https://www.energyglobal.com/special-reports/04032024/growth-of-clean-en...
- In 2023, 30% of electricity came from RE, globally
- GHG emissions from fossil-fuel likely peaked in 2023, in the future it should decline. In 2024 generation from fossil-fuels is expected to decline by 2%.
- US gets 23% of electricity from RE
- IEA is forecasting that global demand for coal, gas, and oil will peak this decade (for all energy use, not just electricity). It also projected that renewables would make up nearly 50 percent of the world’s electricity mix by 2030.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/7/24151375/renewable-energy-global-elect...