• Global renewable electricity installations (excluding hydropower) have more than quadrupled from 2000–2010.
• Including hydropower, renewable energy accounts for 21% of all global electricity generation; without hydropower, renewable energy accounts for 3.8% of global generation.
• Wind and solar energy are the fastest growing renewable energy technologies worldwide. Wind grew by a factor of 11 and solar PV generation grew by a factor of more than 28 between 2000 and 2010.
• In 2010, Germany led the world in cumulative solar PV installed capacity. The United States leads the world in geothermal and biomass installed capacity. China leads in wind, and Spain leads in CSP.

Source: 2010 Renewable Energy Data Book

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