Fossil fuel imports avoided through use of renewables in select regions
Exajoules; Totals for the five-year periods ending 2004 to 2024
A line chart showing fossil fuel imports avoided through use of renewables in select regions. All regions shown have increasingly avoided importing fossil fuels by using renewable energy. In particular, China jumped from 10 exajoules during the 2000-2004 period to 87 exajoules in 2020-2024, followed by Europe (23 to 63), the U.S. (15 to 34), India (3 to 12) and Japan (4 to 8)