The pace of growth in power demand has meant that overall carbon emissions from the sector have increased substantially over the past three years

Electricity generation snapshots in key economies by fuel type, 2018

9.3%

Renewables increased their share in power generation

from 8.4% to

38%

But coal still accounted for the largest share of power generation at

—with overall coal consumption increasing for a second year in a row

Total global electricity generation in terrawatt hours

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

In a big year for energy demand growth overall, power demand increased even more strongly 3.7%

OtherRenewablesHydro electricNuclearNatural gasOilCoal

Japan1,051.6

5.7%

33.0%

36.8%

4.7%

7.7%

10.7%1.5%

US4,460.8

27.9%

35.4%

19.0%

6.5%

10.3%

0.3%

0.6%

UK333.9

19.5%

1.6%

31.6%

5.0%2.3%

39.4%

0.5%

China7,111.8

66.5%

3.1%

4.1%

16.9%

8.9%

0.2%

0.2%

Germany648.7

35.3%

12.8%11.7%2.6%

32.2%

4.5%

0.5%

2009 20102008 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

In terrawatt hours based on gross outputSum of % may not add up to 100 due to rounding

Is our electricity getting greener?Electrification is a key part of a lower carbon energy system but that electricity must come from lower carbon sources