I understand why people are downvoting you, but we still have a bit to go before renewables make up 50% of yearly electricity generation.

Not as far as you’d think though. According to [0] in 2024 it was 6.9% solar, 8.1% wind, and 14.3% hydro, I.e. 29% renewables. Given the trajectory I wouldn’t be surprised if that total was ~33% in 2025.

[0]: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-prod-source-s...

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cesarvarela 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Sadly, my country (Uruguay) is not on that map. Right now, ~99% of the energy we get comes from renewables.

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rendang 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

By your definition/chart, we were 0% solar, 0% wind, and 20% hydro in 1985 for 20% total renewables. So, 20% -> 29% in 4 decades

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myrmidon 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes, but thats a bad extrapolation because per-capita electricity consumption was still rising then but is mostly flat/decreasing in western countries since 2000 or so, and the significant rise in reneably fraction mostly started after 2000.

The hydro fraction is also a really bad indicator in general, because it basically just reflects geography of a country and not really its effort to reduce CO2 emissions.

	▲	lostlogin 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> The hydro fraction is also a really bad indicator in general, because it basically just reflects geography of a country and not really its effort to reduce CO2 emissions. As a ‘clean green New Zealander’, your comment is perfect. We trash our country in such appalling ways. The fact they there aren’t many of us and that the easy way of getting power is hydro is coincidence, not a national conscience.

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tootie 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

IEA had been predicting 2030 as peak fossil fuel usage up until recently. They revised it back upon Trump's election and shifting policy, but it's possible the Iran War has moved it forward again. Either way, it's within reach.

That being said, peak fossil fuels is the future date at which we are burning more than ever followed by the slow decrease. Meaning we are still accelerating CO2 emissions and even if we emit less, every emission is still cumulative so the march towards actually fixing the climate will only start at peak fossil fuels. We still need to remove all that GHG.