Chapter 03 — Clean growth versus fossil growth
More clean power does not automatically mean less fossil power.
A renewable share is a ratio. It can improve while fossil output continues to grow, or remain flat even as a country adds substantial renewable generation.
Global clean and fossil generation
Clean output expanded substantially, but fossil generation also remained a major part of the growing system.
Renewable coverage and the break-even line
Coverage is renewable generation added divided by total demand added. The diagonal marks an unchanged renewable share; 1.0 marks an absolute decline in fossil generation.
Top 20 countries versus the rest of the world
The largest producers account for about half of global clean and fossil generation; the rest of the world collectively supplies the other half.
Clean and fossil pathways by country
Country panels show why a global average cannot describe the transition experienced by any individual data-center market.