IEA – Monthly Electricity Statistics
The latest IEA’s Monthly Electricity Statistics report including May 2023 data shows that for Total OECD:
In the OECD, total net electricity production amounted to 831.5 TWh in May 2023, down by 3.9% compared to the same month last year.
This decrease was led by reduced generation from fossil fuel sources (-9.8% y-o-y), driven by coal (-19.7% y-o-y) and natural gas (-4.3% y-o-y). Overall, the share of fossil fuels in the OECD electricity mix plunged to 45.2%, around three percentage points lower than in May 2022.
Total electricity production from renewable sources slightly increased 1.5% y-o-y, as strong generation from solar (+ 15.1% y-o-y) and hydropower (+2.2% y-o-y) compensated for lower wind power output (-7.3% y-o-y). The share of renewables in the OECD electricity mix reached 38.2%, up by two percentage points y-o-y.
Nuclear power increased 2.0% y-o-y, as reduced output in OECD Europe (-1.4% y-o-y) and in the OECD Americas (-1.1% y-o-y) was offset by higher production in OECD Asia-Oceania (+25.8% y-o-y). Overall, the share of nuclear power in the OECD electricity mix remained stable at 16.3%.
Highlight of the month:
In Serbia, electricity production from hydropower amounted to 1.3 TWh in May 2023, up by 42.8% compared to the same month last year. This was the result of increased rainfall in the country, which boosted water inflows in major hydropower plants. Overall, the share of hydropower in Serbia jumped to a record-high of 48.2%, overtaking coal (43.8% share) as the country’s largest source of electricity in May 2023.
The IEA’s Monthly Electricity Statistics features electricity production and trade data for all OECD Member Countries and electricity production data for a selection of other economies. The latest dataset is available below in CSV.
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