Table 1 Shares of modern renewable energy in the United States (US), Japan and European Union (EU)
From: Valorisation of energy services: essay on the value addition due to renewable energy
TWh = 106 kWh | 1990 | 2005 | 2015 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TWh | US (%) | Japan (%) | EU (%) | TWh | US (%) | Japan (%) | EU (%) | TWh | US (%) | Japan (%) | EU (%) | |
Geotherm. | 36 | 44 | 5 | 9 | 58 | 29 | 6 | 9 | 80 | 23 | 3 | 8 |
Wind power | 4 | 79 | 0 | 20 | 104 | 17 | 2 | 68 | 838 | 23 | 1 | 36 |
Solar PV | 0 | 14 | 5 | 57 | 4 | 13 | 38 | 37 | 247 | 13 | 15 | 42 |
Solar therm. | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 38 | 0 | 59 |
Total | 41 | 48 | 4 | 10 | 167 | 21 | 4 | 46 | 1174 | 21 | 4 | 35 |