Sentences with phrase «percent of global electricity generation»

Renewable electricity generation (excluding hydro) is estimated to account for 3.3 percent of global electricity generation.

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It sees coal as remaining dominant in the electricity generation sector: global consumption will rise by 1.3 percent a year — from 147 quadrillion British thermal units of energy in 2010 to 180 quadrillion Btu in 2020 to 220 quadrillion Btu in 2040.

Scientists say electricity generation is responsible for one - quarter of the world's total CO2 emissions — the main cause of global warming — and U.S. power plants account for fully 25 percent of the emissions generated by the power sector worldwide.

Coal, mainly used for electricity generation, accounts for 44 percent of global fossil - fuel CO2 emissions.

Bearing in mind the portfolio of other renewable energy technologies available, 2 percent of electricity generation from perennial biomass in 2050 still comprises a significant portion of global electricity demand.

«Coal currently fuels approximately 40 percent of global electricity and is expected to be an essential source of global electricity generation and steel making for many decades to come.»

The share of natural gas in electricity markets is expected to be relatively flat providing a little over 20 percent of global generation through the forecast period.

For a start, even though its growth figures have been increasing for the past five years, renewable energy, excluding large hydro, accounted for just a small fraction — 11.3 percent, to be precise — of the total global electricity generation last year.

Coal's share of global electricity generation is projected to decline from about 40 percent in 2016 to less than 30 percent in 2040.

Choosing a electric vehicle instead of the gasoline version for this analysis reduces global warming emissions from 20 to over 80 percent, depending on the emissions from electricity generation.