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‘Wind and Solar Are Proving Themselves’: Renewables Met Rise in Electricity Demand During First Half of 2022

Increased fossil fuel exploration is an unnecessary and environmentally detrimental solution to the energy crisis, says think tank.
Growth in global electricity demand during the first half of 2022 was met by renewable energy, its data shows.
This prevented a 4% increase in fossil generation and avoided $40 billion in fuel costs and 230 Mt CO2 in emissions, according to a report.
Wind and solar power are homegrown, cheap and already cutting bills and emissions fast to help combat the climate crisis, the authors say.
The energy crisis has some companies and politicians calling for an increase in fossil fuel exploration, but new data shows that this solution is unnecessary as well as detrimental to avoiding the worst impacts of the climate crisis.

All of the increased electricity demand during the first half of 2022 was met by renewable energy, data released Wednesday from the energy think tank Ember has shown.

“Wind and solar are proving themselves during the energy crisis,” Ember Senior Electricity Analyst Malgorzata Wiatros-Motyka wrote in the report. “The first step to ending the grip of expensive and polluting fossil fuels is to build enough clean power to meet the world’s growing appetite for electricity.”
NEW | Global Electricity Insights from the first half of 2022
The findings came as part of Ember’s “Global Electricity Mid-Year Insights” for 2022. During the first six months of the year, electricity demand increased by 389 terawatt hours, or three percent compared to the first six months of 2021. This coincided with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, which helped precipitate a global energy crisis.
However, during this same time period, renewable energy generation increased by 416 terawatt hours. This means renewable sources actually met 107 percent of demand, The Independent reported. Seventy-seven percent of the increased demand was met by new wind and solar, with hydropower filling in the gap, according to the report. This isn’t just a good sign for the future. It meant that fossil fuels weren’t being burned instead.

NEW | Global Electricity Insights from the first half of 2022

⚡️Global electricity demand rose 3%
✅Renewables entirely met the rise in demand, so...
🏭No increase in coal and gas worldwide
🇺🇸 In the US, in the first half of 2022, the growth in wind and solar generation met 81% of its electricity demand rise.
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As a result, overall fossil fuels only rose by 1% - but while coal fell (-7%), gas increased (+6%)
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