The latest IEA's Monthly Electricity Statistics report including May 2022 data shows that for Total OECD: In total OECD, total net electricity production was 864.1 TWh in May 2022, corresponding to a 3.6% increase compared to May 2021. Out of this production, 48.3% (417.4 TWh) originated from fossil fuels, 36.2% (312.8 TWh) from renewable sources and 15.2% (131.6 TWh) from nuclear power. Electricity production from nuclear power decreased by 8.6% y-o-y, as many countries had nuclear plants undergoing maintenance in May 2022. Production from both fossil fuels (+7.2% y-o-y) and renewables (+5.4% y-o-y) increased to make up for the decrease in nuclear. The increase of electricity production from fossil sources was driven by an increase of electricity production from natural gas (11.0% y-o-y), corresponding to 28.7% of total net electricity production. Solar (+21.5% y-o-y) and wind (+9.3% y-o-y) power drove the increase of electricity production from renewable sources. While solar power has grown in all OECD regions, electricity from wind dropped by 5.4% (y-o-y) in OECD Europe as low wind speeds affected several countries. |