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. Every month, 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 (%)
China (CHN) Bioenergy Generation March 2016 5.29
China (CHN) Wind Share March 2016 4.29
China (CHN) Wind Generation March 2016 20.80
China (CHN) Nuclear Generation March 2016 17.39
China (CHN) Nuclear Share March 2016 3.59
China (CHN) Gas Generation March 2016 13.94
China (CHN) Solar Generation March 2016 4.98
China (CHN) Solar Share March 2016 1.03
Colombia (COL) Coal Share March 2016 13.65
Colombia (COL) Other fossil Generation March 2016 0.68
Colombia (COL) Coal Generation March 2016 0.74
Colombia (COL) Net imports Share March 2016 2.58
Colombia (COL) Net imports Generation March 2016 0.14
Colombia (COL) Other fossil Share March 2016 12.55
Denmark (DNK) Gas Share March 2016 19.61
Denmark (DNK) Coal Share March 2016 40.00
Denmark (DNK) Bioenergy Share March 2016 1.96
Egypt (EGY) Solar Share March 2016 0.14
Egypt (EGY) Wind Share March 2016 1.14
Egypt (EGY) Solar Generation March 2016 0.02
Egypt (EGY) Hydro Share March 2016 7.53
Egypt (EGY) Hydro Generation March 2016 1.06
Egypt (EGY) Wind Generation March 2016 0.16
Egypt (EGY) Other fossil Generation March 2016 4.00
Estonia (EST) Net imports Share March 2016 15.38
Estonia (EST) Net imports Generation March 2016 0.10
France (FRA) Bioenergy Generation March 2016 0.22
Greece (GRC) Net imports Generation March 2016 1.01
Greece (GRC) Net imports Share March 2016 35.19
Ireland (IRL) Bioenergy Generation March 2016 0.02
Ireland (IRL) Bioenergy Share March 2016 0.81
Italy (ITA) Solar Share March 2016 7.97
Italy (ITA) Bioenergy Share March 2016 6.87
Italy (ITA) Other renewables Share March 2016 2.30
Italy (ITA) Solar Generation March 2016 1.73
Italy (ITA) Hydro Generation March 2016 3.22
Italy (ITA) Hydro Share March 2016 14.84
Lithuania (LTU) Hydro Share March 2016 23.81
Lithuania (LTU) Net imports Share March 2016 361.90
Montenegro (MNE) Hydro Generation March 2016 0.10
Poland (POL) Gas Generation March 2016 0.50
Poland (POL) Gas Share March 2016 4.00
Poland (POL) Hydro Share March 2016 1.68
Poland (POL) Hydro Generation March 2016 0.21
Poland (POL) Net imports Generation March 2016 0.35
Romania (ROU) Nuclear Share March 2016 20.43
Romania (ROU) Net imports Share March 2016 -3.34
Romania (ROU) Net imports Generation March 2016 -0.17
Slovenia (SVN) Hydro Generation March 2016 0.38
Slovenia (SVN) Hydro Share March 2016 28.79
Slovenia (SVN) Solar Share March 2016 1.52
Slovenia (SVN) Solar Generation March 2016 0.02
Spain (ESP) Hydro Share March 2016 21.80
Spain (ESP) Hydro Generation March 2016 4.73
Sri Lanka (LKA) Other fossil Generation March 2016 0.48
Sweden (SWE) Nuclear Share March 2016 41.80
Taiwan (China) (TWN) Hydro Share March 2016 4.15
Taiwan (China) (TWN) Hydro Generation March 2016 0.84
Ukraine (UKR) Hydro Share March 2016 5.60
Ukraine (UKR) Hydro Generation March 2016 0.75
United Kingdom (GBR) Net imports Generation March 2016 2.15
United Kingdom (GBR) Gas Share March 2016 42.23
United Kingdom (GBR) Gas Generation March 2016 10.82
United States (USA) Wind Share March 2016 7.19
United States (USA) Hydro Share March 2016 8.85
United States (USA) Wind Generation March 2016 21.94
United States (USA) Solar Share March 2016 1.36
United States (USA) Hydro Generation March 2016 27.01
United States (USA) Nuclear Share March 2016 21.67
Austria (AUT) Wind Generation February 2016 0.63
Belgium (BEL) Nuclear Share February 2016 55.60
Bulgaria (BGR) Wind Share February 2016 4.11
Canada (CAN) Wind Share February 2016 5.21
Canada (CAN) Solar Share February 2016 0.14
Canada (CAN) Solar Generation February 2016 0.08
Chile (CHL) Bioenergy Generation February 2016 0.21
Chile (CHL) Coal Share February 2016 40.80
Chile (CHL) Other fossil Share February 2016 4.18
Chile (CHL) Bioenergy Share February 2016 3.51
Chile (CHL) Wind Share February 2016 2.68
Chile (CHL) Gas Generation February 2016 1.01
Chile (CHL) Other fossil Generation February 2016 0.25
Chile (CHL) Gas Share February 2016 16.89
China (CHN) Solar Share February 2016 0.85
China (CHN) Solar Generation February 2016 3.74
Colombia (COL) Bioenergy Share February 2016 1.11
Colombia (COL) Bioenergy Generation February 2016 0.06
Colombia (COL) Other fossil Generation February 2016 0.52
Colombia (COL) Other fossil Share February 2016 9.61
Colombia (COL) Hydro Generation February 2016 2.84
Colombia (COL) Hydro Share February 2016 52.50
Colombia (COL) Wind Share February 2016 0.18
Colombia (COL) Wind Generation February 2016 0.01
Egypt (EGY) Solar Share February 2016 0.08
Egypt (EGY) Other fossil Generation February 2016 3.84
Egypt (EGY) Other fossil Share February 2016 29.09
Egypt (EGY) Hydro Generation February 2016 0.92
Egypt (EGY) Hydro Share February 2016 6.97
France (FRA) Hydro Generation February 2016 6.14
France (FRA) Wind Generation February 2016 2.66