Renewable energy accounted for more than 30% of the world’s electricity for the first time last year following a rapid rise in wind and solar power, according to new figures.

A report on the global power system has found that the world may be on the brink of driving down fossil fuel generation, even as overall demand for electricity continues to rise.

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I’d assume electricity consumption has grown a lot faster than hydropower capacity since then.

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A bit. We have basically done x2.5 in electricity production since 1985 and x2 in hydropower.

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