Electricity Capacity Report

for

Leading Countries

Year 2023

The total global electricity capacity in year 2023 is 9,080 GW.

  •  Key countries: China, United States, India, Japan, Russia and Briazil
  • Electricity sources: Fossil fuels, renewables (including solar, wind, hydro), and nuclear


    • Coutry Capacity Nuclear Fossil Renewable
    World 9079.571 382.362 4673.071 3833.267
    China 2949.114 54.152 1390.320 1453.702
    United States 1235.354 95.746 717.285 399.176
    India 499.136 6.920 311.923 175.507
    Japan 361.617 15.860 195.455 122.832
    Russia 301.926 26.802 217.060 56.708
    Brazil 240.251 1.884 44.283 194.084

    Data shown in Pie Chart

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    Conclusion

  • World's total electricity capacity in 2023 is approximately 9080 gigawatt, with 51.47% electricity generated from Fossil Fuels, 4.21% generated from Nuclear, 42.22% generated from Renewables.
  • A typical datacenter for AI develoopment in 2024 consumes approximately 20 megawatts of power. One gigawatt could power 50 of these data centers in 2024.

    • The End!