Renewables Global Status Report

The Renewables Global Status Report provides an integrated perspective on the global renewable energy situation.

Since the first Global Status Report was produced five years ago, the analysis has become the most frequently referenced report on renewable energy business and policy, serving a wide range of audiences from investors and government decision makers to students, project developers, researchers, and industrial manufacturers.

It provides testimony of the undeterred growth of electricity, heat, and fuel production capacities from renewable energy sources, including solar PV, wind power, solar hot water/heating, biofuels, hydropower, and geothermal.


Renewables 2011 Global Status Report

Renewable energy supplied an estimated 16% of global final energy consumption
Solar PV more than doubled thanks to declining costs 
Global Investments in Renewables Up Over 30% to a Record $211 billion
Emerging and Developing Economies Increase Share of Policies, Investment, Supply and Use  
REN21 launches Renewables Interactive Map
Renewable energy supplied an estimated 16% of global final energy consumption
Solar PV more than doubled thanks to declining costs 
Global Investments in Renewables Up Over 30% to a Record $211 billion
Emerging and Developing Economies Increase Share of Policies, Investment, Supply and Use  
REN21 launches Renewables Interactive Map
Renewable energy supplied an estimated 16% of global final energy consumption
Solar PV more than doubled thanks to declining costs 
Global Investments in Renewables Up Over 30% to a Record $211 billion
Emerging and Developing Economies Increase Share of Policies, Investment, Supply and Use  
REN21 launches Renewables Interactive Map
Renewable energy supplied an estimated 16% of global final energy consumption
Solar PV more than doubled thanks to declining costs 
Global Investments in Renewables Up Over 30% to a Record $211 billion
Emerging and Developing Economies Increase Share of Policies, Investment, Supply and Use  
REN21 launches Renewables Interactive Map
Renewable energy supplied an estimated 16% of global final energy consumption
Solar PV more than doubled thanks to declining costs 
Global Investments in Renewables Up Over 30% to a Record $211 billion
Emerging and Developing Economies Increase Share of Policies, Investment, Supply and Use  
REN21 launches Renewables Interactive Map


Continued Global Growth of Renewable Energy in 2010

  • Renewable energy supplied an estimated 16% of global final energy consumption
  • Solar PV more than doubled thanks to declining costs 
  • Global Investments in Renewables Up Over 30% to a Record $211 billion
  • Emerging and Developing Economies Increase Share of Policies, Investment, Supply and Use  
  • REN21 launches Renewables Interactive Map


Renewables 2010 Global Status Report

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Global Renewable Capacity Continues to Grow in 2009,
Fueled by Policy and Ongoing Investment

The year 2009 was unprecedented in the history of renewable energy, despite the headwinds posed by the global financial crisis, lower oil prices, and slow progress with climate policy. | Read more...


Download Previous Editions

Renewables Global Status Report - Update 2009
 
Renewables Global Status Report 2007
 
Renewables Global Status Report - Update 2006
 
Renewables Global Status Report 2005