Australian electricity generation renewable sources
The figure shows Australian electricity generation from renewable sources in gigawatt hours from 1995-96 to 2020-21. Generation from renewables has increased 167% over the past decade. The composition of renewable energy in Australia has diversified significantly as wind and increasingly solar capacity has come online, with the share of hydro declining.
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| 1995–96 | 1996–97 | 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–00 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | |
| Hydro | 15,731.0 | 16,852.0 | 15,733.0 | 16,563.0 | 16,720.0 | 16,933.0 | 16,054.0 | 16,490.0 | 16,331.1 | 15,612.2 | 16,029.2 | 14,517.0 | 12,056.9 | 11,869.4 | 13,548.7 | 16,806.7 | 14,083.3 | 18,269.6 | 18,421.0 | 13,445.0 | 15,318.2 | 16,284.9 | 16,020.8 | 15,967.3 | 15,149.6 | 15,199.7 |
| Wind | 7.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 28.0 | 58.0 | 210.0 | 364.0 | 703.1 | 705.0 | 885.0 | 1,713.1 | 2,611.1 | 3,093.1 | 3,823.8 | 5,051.7 | 6,084.9 | 6,969.7 | 7,959.6 | 10,252.0 | 11,466.6 | 12,199.5 | 12,597.0 | 15,174.4 | 17,712.0 | 20,395.9 | 24,535.4 |
| Solar | 23.4 | 27.8 | 33.5 | 37.7 | 43.5 | 50.0 | 58.3 | 58.3 | 68.6 | 78.3 | 90.8 | 105.2 | 123.3 | 156.1 | 425.4 | 1,530.9 | 2,559.2 | 3,826.8 | 4,416.5 | 5,531.9 | 6,838.5 | 8,072.2 | 9,929.9 | 14,848.5 | 21,033.2 | 27,717.0 |
| Bioenergy | 928.0 | 965.0 | 1,029.0 | 1,133.0 | 1,134.0 | 645.0 | 950.0 | 1,583.6 | 1,799.5 | 3,830.0 | 3,911.0 | 3,953.0 | 4,596.0 | 2,795.2 | 2,777.4 | 2,101.7 | 3,043.7 | 3,143.5 | 3,499.4 | 3,592.2 | 3,789.9 | 3,500.5 | 3,517.7 | 3,495.9 | 3,351.6 | 3,346.2 |
