LONDON (Reuters) - BP (L:BP) published its benchmark Statistical Review of World Energy for 2019 on Wednesday which showed that renewable power accounted for over 40% of the growth in primary energy.
Here are some highlights from the report which can be downloaded here https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/energy-economics/statistical-review-of-world-energy/downloads.html :
- Primary energy consumption rose by 1.3% in 2019, less than half the rate the previous year
- Carbon emissions from energy use grew by 0.5% in 2019, down from 2.1% in 2018
- Renewables accounted for more than 40% of the global in primary energy
- Natural gas consumption increased by 2%
- The share of natural gas in the energy mix rose to a record 24.2%
- Oil consumption grew by 0.9%, or 900,000 barrels per day
- Coal's share of primary energy fell to its lowest level in 16 years at 27%
- Coal was still the single largest source of power generation, accounting for over 36% of global power
- China accounted for more than three quarters of net global energy growth, while the United States and Germany posted the largest declines
