Tuesday, 09 March 2021 The world will move from global electricity generation of 24,219 TWh to a little over double this figure at 53,153 TWh per annum by 2050, with the largest gains in China, and will manage to shift dramatically from the coal and gas based generation of today, to one where renewables – mostly solar and wind – are dominant. Courtesy of NREL
These are the conclusions of a new report just out entitled “Look Back in Anger,” from Rethink Energy, which builds a 2050 energy model with almost zero emissions, and then looks back at the hurdles which were thrown up to prevent us getting there.