Monthly Electricity Statistics

In February 2025, total net electricity generation in the OECD reached 904.8 TWh, an increase of 4.0% 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-year1 in the OECD in February 2025. Generation from natural gas rose by 8.8% y-o-y (+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% y-o-y, +19.1 TWh) and OECD Europe (+17.6% y-o-y, +5.8 TWh), whereas generation decreased in OECD Asia Oceania (-12.3% y-o-y, -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-on-year (-6.7 TWh) in the OECD in February 2025. While the output from solar generation continues to increase (+24.5% y-o-y, +11.9 TWh), that growth did not offset the decrease observed in wind generation (-17.0% y-o-y, -20.1 TWh). This trend was mainly driven by OECD Europe, where electricity generation from wind dropped by 29.4% y-o-y (or -19.4 TWh), driven by Germany (-7.3 TWh), France (-2.0 TWh) and Poland (-1.3 TWh). On the other hand, hydropower generation in the OECD remained stable (+0.3% y-o-y), amounting to 125.4 TWh.

Nuclear power generation increased 0.9% year-on-year (+1.4 TWh) in the OECD in February 2025. OECD Asia Oceania registered the highest absolute increase of 3.4 TWh year-on-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 2.5% y-o-y (+1.4 TWh), while in the OECD Americas it decreased 4.7% y-o-y (-3.4 TWh).