Australia · Renewables Share of Electricity Generation (Monthly)

## What this measures

The share of all electricity generated in Australia that came from renewable sources (hydro, wind, solar, bioenergy and other renewables), in percent of total generation, one value per month, dated the first of the month: Ember's own aggregate, the sum of its single-source shares. From December 1998 to September 2026.

## Why it matters

The power mix decides how much carbon each unit of electricity carries and how exposed a grid is to fuel prices. Renewables against fossil fuels is the headline split of an energy transition.

## How to read it

Percent of generation. September 2026: 50.0%; in this record it ranged from 1.6% (April 2002) to 51.0% (November 2025). Renewables and fossil fuels do not add up to 100 where nuclear supplies power. Monthly shares are seasonal (solar in summer, hydro with rain and snowmelt), so compare a month with the same month a year earlier.

## What it does not say

It counts electricity generated, not consumed: imports and exports are not in it. Recent months are partly Ember estimates until national statistics are final.

## Source

Ember, electricity data (ember-energy.org/data), monthly file, CC BY 4.0. Attribution: "Ember (CC BY 4.0)". Palanor re-reads Ember's public CSV on every run (/api/cron/ember-sync), because Ember revises back data as official statistics land.