Total electricity generation in Australia remained steady in 2023 with an estimated 273,106 gigawatt hours (GWh) generated.
Renewable sources contributed an estimated 95,963 GWh, making up 35% of Australia’s total electricity generation, up 3 percentage points on the share in 2022.
The largest source of renewable generation was solar (16% of total generation) followed by wind (12%) and hydro (6%).
Fossil fuel sources contributed 177,142 GWh (65 per cent) of total electricity generation in
2023, down 3 percentage points on 2022.
Coal accounted for the largest share of electricity generation, at 46% of total generation in 2023, down from 47% in 2022.
These statistics cover all electricity generation in Australia, including by power plants and by businesses and households for their own use.
https://www.energy.gov.au/publications/australian-energy-statistics-table-o-electricity-generation-fuel-type-2022-23-and-2023