OECD electricity generation from wind energy and solar power grew 16% in 2015

Total OECD electricity generation was broadly flat (up 0.3% last year), with increases in wind and solar offsetting declines of around 1% in generation from combustible fuels (including coal, gas, oil, combustible renewables like biomass and ethanol, and wastes) and hydro.

Nuclear generation fell by 0.5% across the OECD, with total output at 1 878.9 TWh, down 9.4 terawatt-hours (TWh). Declines in OECD Europe offset increases in OECD Asia.

The share of OECD electricity generated by renewables other than hydro and combustible renewables rose to 21.5% from 20.6% in 2014. Generation from wind grew by 77 TWh last year, with 61 TWh of the gain in OECD Europe, while solar photovoltaic (PV) grew by 27 TWh, led by a 10.4 TWh rise in OECD Americas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: IEA, April 2016

??Oil production* in the OECD increased by 4.8% in 2015 to reach 1 145 million tonnes (25.2 million barrels per day). The growth was driven by US output, which jumped 9.2%, a gain of just over 50 million tonnes or 370 million barrels, to account for more than half of total OECD production. Elsewhere, a 7.1% decline in Mexican production was offset by increases in Canada and the United Kingdom. Net deliveries (consumption) of oil products in OECD countries grew by 1.2%.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source, IEA April 2016

OECD natural gas production rose by 2.3% last year. Again, the United States led the increase, boosting output by 5.3%, or 38.6 billion cubic meters (bcm), to a total of 768.8 bcm, while production fell 2.3% in OECD Europe and 1.8% in OECD Asia Oceania. Consumption rose 1.6% on greater use of gas to generate electricity in OECD Americas and OECD Europe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source, IEA April 2016