Renewable electricity generation climbs to second place after coal
2015-08-06
In 2014, electricity production in the 34 members of the OECD fell slightly to 10 712 TWh a decrease of 0.8% or 86 TWh compared to 2013, according to provisional data recently released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) This decline was driven by lower fossil fuel and hydro production that were only partially offset by growth in non-hydro renewables (+8.5%) and nuclear (+0.9%).
