By Matt McGrath
The Renewables 2022 Global Status Report says the share of wind and solar in the global energy mix has risen minimally in the last decade.
While renewables boomed in the electricity sector last year, they didn’t meet the overall rise in demand.
In transport, which accounts for a third of energy, renewables provided less than 4%.
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REN21 is an international energy policy network made up of industry figures, scientists, and some governments.
Their 17th annual status report draws on over 600 experts to produce a snapshot of what is really happening in terms of renewable energy.
The study says that the transition to renewables, in essence, has stalled. The use of coal, oil and gas continues to dominate total energy consumption.