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Global Energy Shift

Positive Future #483 (Feature photo – Solar Power – public domain)

Nearly two thirds of all new energy additions in 2018 were from renewable forms of energy generation according to the International Renewable Energy Agency.

Of note is that there was 171 GW of new renewable energy added to the global capacity in 2018. Under ideal conditions, 1 GW of energy could power 1 house –which means the renewable energy added in 2018 is theoretically sufficient to power almost 134 million homes. You can read the full report here:

https://www.irena.org/newsroom/pressreleases/2019/Apr/Renewable-Energy-Now-Accounts-for-a-Third-of-Global-Power-Capacity

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