Green Energy Today
Information about where Green Energy is today in terms of capacity deployed in the United States, Europe, Asia, and the rest of the world.
The most popular form of Green Energy today is Solar Energy with an estimated 700 GW (gigawatts) of annual capacity globally.
Here's a rough estimate of the global capacity for each of these forms of green energy:
Solar Energy: 700 GW (gigawatts)
Wind Energy: 600 GW
Hydro Energy: 1,200 TWh (terawatt-hours)
Geothermal Energy: 12 GW
Biomass Energy: 60 GW
1 GW is equal to approximately 8.76 TWh
These numbers are constantly changing as new projects come online and technology improves.
Sources: BloombergNEF, Wood Mackenzie, Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), International Energy Agency (IEA)