Renewable Energy Sources by Capacity

This is a list of renewable energy sources by production capacity. Use of fossil fuel contributes to about 57 % of the total global greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, renewable energy will be a major factor to reduce greenhouse gas emission in the future. As the list reveals, hydropower is by far the major source of renewable energy today. This may change in the future. Many renewable energy sources have seen a stronger capacity growth than hydropower over the last years. One of the reasons for this is that there are other renewable energy sources  like solar energy and wind power that has less impact on the environment.

More information about the capacity growth of renewable energy sources can be found in our list of the fastest growing energy source the last five years.