A report by independent climate and energy research firm Ember showed that electricity generation from wind and solar energy reached a record 12 percent of global electricity production last year, up from 10 percent in 2021.
Last year saw peak emissions from the electricity sector, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. Renewables and nuclear energy sources together accounted for 39 percent of global electricity production last year, with solar up 24 percent and wind up 17 percent compared to the previous year. Growth in solar and wind power generation met 80 percent of the increase in global electricity demand in 2022.
Source (Asharq Al-Awsat Newspaper, Edited)
