RES Tracker - Methodology V2

The RES Tracker Methodology V2 describes Ember's process for collecting and categorizing national renewable energy deployment ambitions for the power sector across 96 countries and the EU as of November 2024.

• Ember defines national ambition as government targets for 2030 expressed as either cumulative renewable capacity in gigawatts (GW) or the share of renewables in total generation (%). The dataset covers 96 countries and the EU, treating the EU as a single entity and excluding individual EU member states.
• Targets are classified into three categories: 'Explicit' (clearly identified in official policy), 'Implicit' (based on official projections or credible third-party studies), and 'Derived' (Ember's 2030 estimations based on targets for other years).
• Regarding data gaps, Russia and Austria are identified as having no capacity targets, while 17 countries lack share of generation targets.
• The methodology uses data as reported by providers without converting between alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) for solar capacity, despite DC reporting typically being 10% to 30% higher than AC.
• Ember notes that bioenergy is a questionable approach for power sector decarbonisation due to risks of emissions and wider social and ecological impacts, which can vary based on feedstock and sourcing.

APA

Ember (2024). RES Tracker - Methodology V2. https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2024/11/RES-Tracker-Methodology-V3.pdf

Chicago

Ember. RES Tracker - Methodology V2. 2024. https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2024/11/RES-Tracker-Methodology-V3.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{ember2024res, author = {{Ember}}, title = {{RES Tracker - Methodology V2}}, institution = {Ember}, year = {2024}, month = nov, url = {https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2024/11/RES-Tracker-Methodology-V3.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }