The global demand for electricity consumption in the first half of the current year increased by 0.4 percent compared to the same period of 2022. This is evidenced by the data of the energy analytical center with the headquarters in London Ember, which compared the indicators in 78 countries.
It is noted that this indicator has been significantly lower than the average historical indicator over the past 10 years, which was 2.6 percent.
The decrease in the growth of world demand for electricity consumption is associated primarily with a reduction in demand in some large economies, in particular in the countries of the European Union (EU).
At the same time, the share of wind and solar energy in the production of electricity in January-June of this year broke a record, reaching 14.3 percent, while in the same period of 2022 this indicator was 12.8 percent.
The share of wind energy in the global production of electricity was 8.75 percent, and the share of solar energy increased to 5.52 percent.
Thus, wind and solar energy have become two sources of electricity that significantly increased their share in world production.
At the same time, the share of coal in the production of electricity in the first half of the current year was 36 percent, and the production of hydroelectricity was reduced to a historical maximum – by 8.5 percent due to drought.