renewable energy consumption still remains far below that of coal, natural gas, oil and other energy technologies. About half of the final renewable energy consumption worldwide is derived from modern bioenergy sources, however, solar photovoltaics has dominated capacity growth in recent years.
Global consumption of renewable energy has increased significantly over the last two decades. Consumption levels nearly reached 45.18 exajoules in 2022. Despite its rapid growth, Renewable energy consumption worldwide from 2000 to 2022 (in exajoules)
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