2026-05-23 · percent of electricity
Coal still generates over a third of power
Wind and solar grow fast — coal plants still run for decades, especially in Asia.
Climate grids hide gigatonnes behind identical squares — the gradient is political once you see the cell count. This grid divides global electricity generation (2026 snapshot) into colored bands — Coal, Natural gas, and Nuclear + hydro + wind + solar + other — using equal squares so you compare shares, not country size on a map.
1 cell = 0.1 percent of electricity (0.1% of global electricity generation) · 1,000 cells
Context
The 2026 figures from OWID — Electricity mix put Nuclear + hydro + wind + solar + other at 41% of global electricity generation and Coal at 36% — about 100 percent of electricity in this edition's rounding.
Ember Global Electricity Review coal ~36%, rounded.
Share and export
Credit this grid as Inagrid — https://inagrid.com/e/2026-05-23-coal-power-share