This month’s electricity statistics reveal global energy consumption trends, highlighting shifts in renewable generation, fossil fuel dependency, and market volatility.

In February 2025, total net electricity generation in the OECD reached 904.8 TWh, representing a 4.0% increase compared to February 2024. Of this total, 434.4 TWh (48.0%) was produced from fossil fuels, 316.0 TWh (34.9%) from renewable sources, and 150.7 TWh (16.7%) from nuclear power.

 Electricity generation from fossil fuels increased by 10.2% year-on-year in the OECD in February 2025. Generation from natural gas rose by 8.8% year-on-year (+21.3 TWh), and generation from coal increased by 14.0% y-o-y. The shares of natural gas, coal, and oil as a percentage of total electricity generation were 29.2%, 17.0%, and 1.2%, respectively. The increase in coal-fired electricity generation was driven by the OECD Americas (+36.6% year-over-year, +19.1 TWh) and OECD Europe (+17.6% year-over-year, +5.8 TWh). In contrast, generation decreased in OECD Asia Oceania (-12.3% year-over-year, -6.1 TWh). Notable increases were observed in the United States (+40.9% y-o-y, +18.9 TWh) and in Germany (+34.1% y-o-y, +3.1 TWh).

Electricity generation from renewable sources decreased by 2.1% year-over-year (y-o-y) in the OECD in February 2025, amounting to a decrease of 6.7 TWh. While solar generation output continued to increase (+24.5% y-o-y, +11.9 TWh), this growth did not offset the reduction observed in wind generation (-17.0% y-o-y, -20.1 TWh). This trend was primarily driven by OECD Europe, where electricity generation from wind dropped by 29.4% y-o-y (or -19.4 TWh), mainly due to declines in Germany (-7.3 TWh), France (-2.0 TWh), and Poland (-1.3 TWh). In contrast, hydropower generation in the OECD remained stable (+0.3% y-o-y), totaling 125.4 TWh.

Nuclear power generation increased 0.9% year-on-year (+1.4 TWh) in the OECD in February 2025. The OECD Asia-Oceania region registered the highest absolute increase of 3.4 TWh year-over-year (+16.5%), driven mainly by nuclear power generation in Japan (+29.3% y-o-y, +2.0 TWh) and Korea (+10.3% y-o-y, +1.4 TWh). Nuclear power production in OECD Europe increased by 2.5% year-over-year (+1.4 TWh), while in the OECD Americas, it decreased by 4.7% year-over-year (- -3.4 TWh).

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