No Change in Fossil Fuel Use Despite Growth of Renewables – The Energy Mix: The world is recording tremendous growth of renewable energy in the electricity sector, but its share of total final energy consumption (TFEC) continues to increase only moderately and still isn’t making a dent in global fossil fuel consumption, according to the Renewables 2021 Global Status Report (REN21).

“We are waking up to the bitter reality that the climate policy promises over the past 10 years have mostly been empty words,” said REN21 Executive Director Rana Adib. “The share of fossil fuels in final energy consumption has not moved by an inch.”

“The world is burning more fossil fuels than ever,” the report notes, and the share of fossil fuels has “barely changed over one decade.” Global energy demand grew almost 20%, from 320 to 381 exajoules, and modern renewables accounted for only 25% of that growth, with the balance coming from fossils, nuclear, and traditional biomass.

No Change in Fossil Fuel Use Despite Growth of Renewables – The Energy Mix: The world is recording tremendous growth of renewable energy in the electricity sector, but its share of total final energy consumption (TFEC) continues to increase only moderately and still isn’t making a dent in global fossil fuel consumption, according to the Renewables 2021 Global Status Report (REN21).“We are waking up to the bitter reality that the climate policy promises over the past 10 years have mostly been empty words,” said REN21 Executive Director Rana Adib. “The share of fossil fuels in final energy consumption has not moved by an inch.”“The world is burning more fossil fuels than ever,” the report notes, and the share of fossil fuels has “barely changed over one decade.” Global energy demand grew almost 20%, from 320 to 381 exajoules, and modern renewables accounted for only 25% of that growth, with the balance coming from fossils, nuclear, and traditional biomass.Read More