Monthly Electricity Statistics

In the OECD Americas, total net electricity production was 411.9 TWh in February 2023, down by -3.5% compared to the same month last year. Higher electricity production from Natural Gas (+7.5% y-o-y), wind (+10.4% y-o-y) and solar (+8.0% y-o-y) balanced partly the sharp decrease observed in coal production (-33.1% y-o-y). This has led to a decline in the fossil fuel share, at 50.0%, down by 2.3% compared to February 2022, and a consequent increase in the production from renewables, at 33.3% of the total electricity mix.

In the United States, total net electricity production was 314.9 TWh in February 2023, corresponding to a 5.5% decrease year-on-year. Despite the continued reliance on fossil fuels which represent more than half of the total electricity generation (174.4 TWh), we observed a significant decline in coal-fired production (-34.0% or 25.1 TWh) on a year-over-year basis, while the use of natural gas as fuel increased (+7.8% y-o-y). Electricity production from renewable sources increased with wind (+10.1% y-o-y) and solar (+2.0% y-o-y) being the main contributors. However, hydro power production reported a negative trend with a decrease by -16.9% y-o-y or 4.1 TWh.

In Canada total net electricity production was 56.1 TWh in February 2023, with a slight increase of 0.4% year-over-year. The decrease in electricity generation from fossil fuels (-5.4% or 500.2 GWh) was counterbalanced by an increase in electricity production from renewable sources (+2.1% y-o-y or 823.4 GWh) which amounted to 72.1% share of the total electricity generation. Notably, electricity generation from wind, solar and hydro witnessed an increase of+7.0%, 102.7% and 1.0% y-o-y respectively. 

In OECD Asia Oceania, total net electricity production was 155.4 TWh in February 2023, corresponding to a decrease of 5.0% year-on-year. However, electricity production from renewable sources increased by 4.4% y-o-y, with higher generation from hydro (+9.3% y-o-y) and solar power (+14.2% y-o-y).

In Australia, electricity generation from renewable sources increased by 13.0% in February 2023 compared to the same month last year, with solar (+23.1% y-o-y) and wind power (+7.9% y-o-y) driving this trend, with these two energy sources representing one third of the electricity mix.

In OECD Europe, total net electricity amounted to 284.8 TWh in February 2023, down by 4.1% compared to February 2022. Electricity production from renewables decreased by 10.7% y-o-y, mainly driven by wind (-24.2% y-o-y), while electricity generation from fossil fuels increased by 6.9% y-o-y, with gas-fired generation witnessing the largest increase (10.7% y-o-y). Production from nuclear continued to decline (-6.8% y-o-y).

In Poland, total net electricity was 13.1 TWh in February 2023, down by 3.8% y-o-y compared to same month previous year. Electricity production from fossil fuels decreased by 2.3% y-o-y. The increase in production from natural gas (+25.1% y-o-y) did not compensate the decline witnessed by coal (-5.4% y-o-y), which reached a record-low share of 62.9% in the electricity mix. Electricity generation from renewables decreased by 7.5% y-o-y, driven mainly by wind (-15.9% y-o-y). 

In Sweden, total net electricity production amounted to 15.4 TWh in February 2023, down by 2.2% y-o-y compared to February 2022. While electricity production from nuclear decreased by 10.9% y-o-y, production from renewables slightly increased by 0.6% y-o-y. This trend was driven by the increase in wind-generated electricity (11.2% y-o-y), which reached a record-high share of 26.0% in the electricity mix, and was only partially compensated by the decline observed in hydro production (-4.4% y-o-y). 

In Brazil, strong electricity output from renewables was observed in February 2023. Solar power increased by 74.7% y-o-y, reaching a record-high 6.0% share in the country’s electricity mix. Electricity production from wind also grew significantly (+46.1% y-o-y), while hydropower remained in line with previous year’s levels (-0.1% y-o-y). Overall, renewable electricity generation amounted to 48.7 TWh, corresponding to 93.9% of total electricity production in the country.

In India, total renewable electricity production was high at 25.7 TWh in February 2023, up by 13.7% y-o-y or 3.1 TWh compared to the same month last year. This increase was mainly driven by solar power, which grew by 31.3% y-o-y and, to a lesser extent, by hydropower (+11.5% y-o-y), while generation from wind remained almost unvaried (+0.6% y-o-y). Overall, the share of renewables in the country’s electricity mix settled at 19.1%, with solar power reaching a record-high share of 6.9%.