Each year Enerdata, an independent research and consulting firm specializing in the analysis and modeling of the global energy markets and its drivers, produces its Global Energy Statistical Yearbook. The 2021 Yearbook provides some interesting data on electricity production from renewable energies (hydro, wind, geothermal and solar) when compared to total electricity production.

Key Takeaways:

In 2020, renewable energy sources accounted for about 12% of total US energy consumption and about 20% of electricity generation—oil provides over 90 percent of the energy used for transportation. As the electrification of the US transportation system takes hold, those numbers will begin to change.

Meanwhile, here is an interesting history of five renewable energy sources.

Kevin Clemens is a Senior Editor with Battery Technology.