Global renewables output and energy demand change 2019-2020, by sector
share of renewables in energy generation has increased to over 13 percent. Meanwhile, demand for transportation fuels saw a significant decline in 2020 as a result of ongoing mobility restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Despite a worldwide electricity demand decline of 2.2 percent between 2019 and 2020, renewable electricity output grew by about 6.6 percent in the same time period. Excluding large hydropower, the