What's more, the indirect energy uses and emissions of each technology will shift over time, due to changing fuel sources, advances in manufacturing and the evolution of global electricity supplies. (carbonbrief.org)
In most models that show the world reducing emissions enough to hit the 2 °C climate target, «solar energy emerges only as a minor mitigation option» — around 5 to 17 percent of global electricity supply in one representative study used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). (vox.com)
Note that this chart shows figures for a 2C world in 2050, when global electricity supplies have been largely decarbonised. (carbonbrief.org)