Solar and wind supply just 6% of world energy, and are not keeping up with new energy demand. By Joanne Nova.

The world has set a new record for energy use in the last year. And even though renewables are being installed at the fastest rate they ever have been, it isn’t enough to keep up with the growing demand for energy let alone to “convert” the world to Net Zero. …

 

 

Electricity demand grew 2% around the world last year. Renewable generators grew at a blistering pace. Solar recorded a 25% growth in output. Wind power grew by 13%. But despite that extraordinary (hard to believe) increase, the gap between the supply of renewables and the total demand for electricity grew even larger.

The Energy Institute spun this the best way they could saying: “Renewables (excluding hydro) met 84% of net electricity demand growth in 2022.”

But think how pitiful this is. Renewables met none of the normal demand at all, and could not even supply all the new demand.

Soberingly, energy use grew in every region of the world except for Europe. …

Total renewables is 7.5% of “Primary Energy” but includes biomass, geothermal, and tidal etc (but not hydro). Stripping away the “other renewables” leaves wind + solar at 6.1%. Wind power now (theoretically) makes 3.75% of total global primary energy. Solar makes 2.4%.