Electricity Records Explorer Peak months
Electricity grids around the world are undergoing a faster transformation than they have ever seen. A clear way to see this transition in action is to follow when new national highs in generation or share for various fuel sources are set. In some months, dozens of these records are broken around the world, particularly in wind and solar generation.

Monthly generation records

Use the filters below to narrow down by country, fuel type, record type, or date range. Select a row to view the record history for that country, fuel, and record type.

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Country Fuel Record Type Date Generation (TWh) Share of Generation (%)
Uruguay (URY) Solar Share December 2020 5.05
Argentina (ARG) Solar Share November 2020 1.62
Argentina (ARG) Solar Generation November 2020 0.19
Australia (AUS) Solar Share November 2020 14.74
Australia (AUS) Solar Generation November 2020 2.66
Bolivia (BOL) Gas Generation November 2020 0.67
Bolivia (BOL) Gas Share November 2020 77.91
Brazil (BRA) Bioenergy Generation November 2020 5.82
Canada (CAN) Wind Share November 2020 7.68
Canada (CAN) Wind Generation November 2020 4.09
Chile (CHL) Solar Share November 2020 13.36
Chile (CHL) Solar Generation November 2020 0.85
Ecuador (ECU) Net imports Share November 2020 8.51
Ecuador (ECU) Net imports Generation November 2020 0.20
Ecuador (ECU) Other fossil Generation November 2020 0.60
Ecuador (ECU) Other fossil Share November 2020 25.53
El Salvador (SLV) Hydro Share November 2020 57.78
Finland (FIN) Wind Share November 2020 13.78
Greece (GRC) Wind Generation November 2020 0.86
Greece (GRC) Wind Share November 2020 25.22
India (IND) Other fossil Share November 2020 0.02
India (IND) Other fossil Generation November 2020 0.02
India (IND) Other renewables Share November 2020 0.15
Japan (JPN) Coal Share November 2020 32.87
Kazakhstan (KAZ) Gas Generation November 2020 2.22
Kenya (KEN) Hydro Share November 2020 38.61
Kenya (KEN) Hydro Generation November 2020 0.39
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) Net imports Share November 2020 5.92
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) Net imports Generation November 2020 0.10
Malaysia (MYS) Coal Share November 2020 52.79
Malta (MLT) Net imports Share November 2020 44.44
Moldova (MDA) Gas Generation November 2020 0.48
Netherlands (NLD) Bioenergy Generation November 2020 0.75
Netherlands (NLD) Bioenergy Share November 2020 7.25
Nigeria (NGA) Hydro Generation November 2020 0.74
Nigeria (NGA) Gas Generation November 2020 2.03
North Macedonia (MKD) Gas Share November 2020 41.67
North Macedonia (MKD) Net imports Share November 2020 58.33
North Macedonia (MKD) Gas Generation November 2020 0.20
Norway (NOR) Wind Generation November 2020 1.20
Norway (NOR) Wind Share November 2020 9.39
Pakistan (PAK) Hydro Share November 2020 41.99
Pakistan (PAK) Solar Share November 2020 5.34
Peru (PER) Bioenergy Share November 2020 0.91
Peru (PER) Gas Share November 2020 53.20
Peru (PER) Gas Generation November 2020 2.33
Poland (POL) Gas Share November 2020 10.27
Poland (POL) Gas Generation November 2020 1.29
Serbia (SRB) Bioenergy Share November 2020 0.66
Serbia (SRB) Bioenergy Generation November 2020 0.02
South Africa (ZAF) Solar Share November 2020 3.23
South Africa (ZAF) Solar Generation November 2020 0.65
Sweden (SWE) Wind Share November 2020 22.15
Taiwan (China) (TWN) Solar Share November 2020 2.70
Tajikistan (TJK) Net imports Share November 2020 -2.58
Türkiye (TUR) Bioenergy Generation November 2020 0.39
United States (USA) Wind Generation November 2020 33.13
United States (USA) Wind Share November 2020 10.92
Uruguay (URY) Other fossil Share November 2020 24.75
Uruguay (URY) Other fossil Generation November 2020 0.25
Argentina (ARG) Solar Share October 2020 1.40
Argentina (ARG) Solar Generation October 2020 0.15
Argentina (ARG) Wind Share October 2020 8.50
Australia (AUS) Solar Share October 2020 12.78
Azerbaijan (AZE) Gas Share October 2020 97.04
Bangladesh (BGD) Coal Generation October 2020 0.51
Belarus (BLR) Nuclear Generation October 2020 0.11
Belarus (BLR) Nuclear Share October 2020 3.27
Belgium (BEL) Wind Share October 2020 21.27
Bolivia (BOL) Gas Share October 2020 69.66
Bolivia (BOL) Gas Generation October 2020 0.62
Brazil (BRA) Bioenergy Generation October 2020 5.81
Chile (CHL) Wind Generation October 2020 0.65
Chile (CHL) Wind Share October 2020 10.08
Chile (CHL) Solar Share October 2020 12.71
Chile (CHL) Solar Generation October 2020 0.82
Costa Rica (CRI) Hydro Generation October 2020 0.84
Ecuador (ECU) Net imports Generation October 2020 0.01
Ecuador (ECU) Net imports Share October 2020 0.38
India (IND) Other renewables Share October 2020 0.14
India (IND) Other renewables Generation October 2020 0.16
Japan (JPN) Bioenergy Share October 2020 3.53
Kazakhstan (KAZ) Wind Generation October 2020 0.12
Kazakhstan (KAZ) Wind Share October 2020 1.27
Kenya (KEN) Hydro Generation October 2020 0.37
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) Net imports Share October 2020 5.77
Mexico (MEX) Solar Generation October 2020 1.30
Netherlands (NLD) Bioenergy Generation October 2020 0.74
Netherlands (NLD) Wind Generation October 2020 1.93
Pakistan (PAK) Solar Generation October 2020 0.44
Peru (PER) Bioenergy Generation October 2020 0.04
Peru (PER) Bioenergy Share October 2020 0.89
Romania (ROU) Bioenergy Share October 2020 1.13
Russia (RUS) Nuclear Share October 2020 24.04
Russia (RUS) Wind Generation October 2020 0.16
Russia (RUS) Nuclear Generation October 2020 21.25
Slovenia (SVN) Hydro Generation October 2020 0.64
South Africa (ZAF) Solar Generation October 2020 0.58
South Africa (ZAF) Solar Share October 2020 2.76
Taiwan (China) (TWN) Wind Share October 2020 1.59