Long description

This is an area chart showing world electricity generation from different sources. It has a y-axis labelled ‘Generation in terawatt-hours per year’ with a scale running from zero to sixty thousand terawatt-hours per year in ten thousand terawatt-hour steps. The x-axis runs from the year 2000 to 2040 in ten-year steps. At the right is a legend showing the different sources. From top to bottom these are: Solar electricity in yellow, wind in light blue, hydro in dark blue, other renewables in green, fossil fuels with CCUS in grey, nuclear in purple, natural gas in turquoise, oil in orange and coal in black. A footnote at the bottom explains that ‘CCUS’ means carbon capture, utilisation and storage. The total generation rises from 15000 terawatt-hours in 2000 up to 21000 in 2010 to 27000 in 2020. It then increases more rapidly to 38000 in 2030 and even more rapidly up to 58000 in 2040. The contribution from coal is shown in black at the bottom. This starts at 6000 terawatt-hours in 2000, rises to 9000 terawat-hours in 2010 and 2020. It then falls to 5000 terawatt-hours in 2030 and down to zero by 2040. The contribution from oil is shown in orange above this. It starts at 1000 terawatt-hours in 2000 and 2010 and declines to zero by 2040. The contribution from natural gas is shown in turquoise above this. It starts at 3000 terawatt-hours in 2000, rising to 5000 in 2010 and 6000 in 2020 and 2030 before falling to only 1000 terawatt-hours in 2040. The contribution from nuclear power is shown in purple immediately above this. It starts at 3000 terawatt-hours between 2000 and 2020, rising to 4000 terawatt-hours in 2030 and 6000 in 2040. The contribution from fossil fuels with carbon capture, utilisation and storage is shown immediately above this in grey. This is zero from 2000 to 2020 and then rises to 1000 terawatt-hours in 2040. The contribution from ‘other renewables’ is shown in green above this. It is almost zero in 2000, rising to 1000 terawatt-hours in 2020, 2000 terawatt-hours in 2030 and 3000 terawatt-hours in 2040. The contribution from hydro power is shown in dark blue above this. It is 3000 terawatt-hours in 2000 and 2010, rising to 4000 terawatt-hours in 2020, 6000 terawatt-hours in 2030 and 7000 terawatt-hours in 2040. The contribution from wind power is shown in light blue above this. It is almost zero in 2000 and 2010, rising to 2000 terawatt-hours in 2020 and then rapidly to 7000 terawatt-hours in 2030 and 17000 terawatt-hours in 2040. The contribution from solar electricity is shown in yellow above this. This is zero in 2000 and 2010, rising to 1000 terawatt-hours in 2020 and then very rapidly to 8000 terawatt-hours in 2030 and 23000 in 2040.