Solar consumption in TWh

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* Based on gross generation and not accounting for cross-border electricity supply.

^ Less than 0.05.

♦ Less than 0.05%

n/a not available.

 

# Excludes Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania prior to 1985 and Slovenia prior to 1990.

Notes: Annual changes and shares of total are calculated using terawatt-hours figures.

Growth rates are adjusted for leap years

Dataset Identifier
solar-consumption-in-twh
Downloads
39
Themes
Renewable & Alternative Fuels
Keywords
Solar consumption
Language
English
Modified
19 January 2025 08:46
Publisher
BP
Reference
https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/energy-economics/statistical-review-of-world-energy.html
Attributions
BP Statistical Review of World Energy. Table: Renewables - Solar consumption - TWh (from 1965)
Last checked date
19 January 2025
Country
World
ISO region
WORLD
Source copyrights
https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/legal-notice.html
Data classification
Public
Discontinued Data
Yes
Unit of measure
Terawatt-hours
Publisher Periodicity
Annualy
Territory
World ,
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Last processing
19 January 2025 08:46 (metadata)
29 July 2022 08:29 (data)

DCAT

Accrual periodicity
Annually
Temporal
1965-2016
Granularity
WORLD

Semantic Metadata

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Year
               
No description available for this field.
           
               
                   
                                                  Name (identifier)                                                                         
year
                       		                   
                   
                                                  Type                                                                         
date
                       		                   
                                      
                                                  Sample                                                                         
                       		                   
               
       
   
       
Country
       
           
               
               
No description available for this field.
           
               
                   
                                                  Name (identifier)                                                                         
terawatt_hours
                       		                   
                   
                                                  Type                                                                         
text
                       		                   
                                      
                                                  Sample                                                                         
                       		                   
               
       
   
       
Growth rate per annum 2005-15
       
           
               
               
No description available for this field.
           
               
                   
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growth_rate_per_annum_2005_15
                       		                   
                   
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decimal
                       		                   
                                      
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Solar Consumption (Twh)
       
           
               
               
No description available for this field.
           
               
                   
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solar_consumption_twh
                       		                   
                   
                                                  Type                                                                         
decimal
                       		                   
                                      
                                                  Sample                                                                         
                       		                   
               
       
   
       
Growth rate per annum 2016.1
       
           
               
               
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growth_rate_per_annum_2016_1
                       		                   
                   
                                                  Type                                                                         
decimal
                       		                   
                                      
                                                  Sample                                                                         
                       		                   
               
       
   
       
Share 2016.2
       
           
               
               
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share_2016_2
                       		                   
                   
                                                  Type                                                                         
decimal
                       		                   
                                      
                                                  Sample                                                                         
                       		                   
               
       
   

                                
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