15 June 2021 The world added a record 256 gigawatts of renewables capacity in 2020, but that has made no real dent on the total proportion of energy derived from fossil fuels, which is the same today as it was 10 years ago. REN21’s Renewable 2021 Global Status Report, released on Tuesday, found that in 2020 renewables made up a record 29 per cent of the global electricity mix. The 256 GW figure is the highest amount of renewable capacity ever added in a year, beating the previous record by almost 30 per cent. Solar and wind drove the growth. The report estimated 139 GW of solar PV capacity came online in 2020, and 93 GW of wind. That brought the total global capacity to 760 GW of solar PV and 743 GW of wind.