Renewable energy, which countries top the rankings? - China, the dominant leader of the sector. Germany leads Europe
Following the April 28 blackout in Spain and Portugal, for which some critics blamed clean energy, particularly important in those countries in electricity production, let's see in which parts of the world the concentration of these technologies is greatest.
According to the latest updates from the International Renewable Energy Agency, regarding the 2024 data, China remains in first place with 1,878 GW of clean sources, followed by the US (447 GW), Brazil (214 GW), India (209 GW) and Germany (184 GW). The top ten is completed by Japan, Canada, Spain, France and Italy.
The ranking for photovoltaic capacity still sees China as dominant, with 888 GW of installed capacity in 2024, followed closely by the US (177 GW), India (97 GW), Japan (92 GW) and Germany (90 GW). Solar photovoltaic capacity grew by 451.9 GW in 2024, reaching 1,865 GW. China alone added 278 GW to the total expansion, followed by India (24.5 GW).
The second largest technology in the world is wind power, and the countries with the largest capacity are almost the same: the top 10 countries still record the dominance of China (522 GW), followed by the USA (153 GW), Germany (73 GW), India (48 GW) and Brazil (33 GW). Globally, the expansion of wind power has slowed slightly, reaching a total capacity of 1,133 GW in 2024.
In Europe, while Germany ranks as the European champion country for wind and solar energy, Spain is the second power. Also with regard to the hydro sector, China is confirmed as the first in terms of capacity, followed by Brazil, the USA, Canada, Russia, India, Norway, Turkey, Japan and France.
In 2024, there was a massive increase in renewable energy capacity, reaching 4,448 GW globally: 585 GW more than the previous year, with a record annual growth rate of 15.1%. Almost all of the increase in global electricity generation capacity (92.5%) was renewable. These figures are estimated to be insufficient to meet the global target of tripling installed renewable energy capacity by 2030, as it requires maintaining a growth rate of 16.6% per year until the end of the decade.
Solar and wind continued to grow the most, together accounting for 96.6% of all net additions to green sources in 2024. More than three-quarters of the capacity expansion was in solar.
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