To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 7 September (Official Report, col. GC 81) concerning the 140 gigawatts of electricity-generating capacity added globally during 2008-09 from renewables, how this amount breaks down by each renewable technology.

This figure was reported in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Renewable Energy and Climate Change Mitigation, and draws on analysis undertaken by REN21 (the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century) for their 2009 and 2010 Global Status Reports. The table below shows the capacity increase split by technologies.

The 2011 REN21 Global Status Report, published in July, shows that renewable energy accounted for approximately half of the estimated 194 GW of new electric capacity added globally during 2010. Existing renewable power capacity worldwide reached an estimated 1,320 GW in 2010, up almost 8 per cent from 2009.

Source: Derived from information contained in Table RI of REN21 Global Status Reports 2009 and 2010

Notes:

1. Data are from 01.01.2008 to 31.12.2009

2. Owing to their minimal impact concentrated solar power, geothermal and ocean renewables technologies are not included.

3. Where ranges are reported by REN21, the minimum figures have been used.