**Comments to indicator 7.2.1**   • Oil *bunkered abroad* is excluded. The corresponding statistics for use of energy is included by the supplying country.   • From 2013 district heating from solid waste in Tórshavn is included   • From 2017 solid waste heat from IRF to FMP in Leirvík and estimates from Faroese Enviromnent Agency on "green" energy from heat pumps is included

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Renewable energy share in the total final energy consumption
Year Value Units Series
2000 2.77 pct. Installed renewable energy-generating capacity (in watts per capita)
2001 2.56 pct. Installed renewable energy-generating capacity (in watts per capita)
2002 3.4 pct. Installed renewable energy-generating capacity (in watts per capita)
2003 3.11 pct. Installed renewable energy-generating capacity (in watts per capita)
2004 3.42 pct. Installed renewable energy-generating capacity (in watts per capita)
2005 3.84 pct. Installed renewable energy-generating capacity (in watts per capita)
2006 4.3 pct. Installed renewable energy-generating capacity (in watts per capita)
2007 4.54 pct. Installed renewable energy-generating capacity (in watts per capita)
2008 4.51 pct. Installed renewable energy-generating capacity (in watts per capita)
2009 5.12 pct. Installed renewable energy-generating capacity (in watts per capita)
2010 3.38 pct. Installed renewable energy-generating capacity (in watts per capita)
2011 5.0 pct. Installed renewable energy-generating capacity (in watts per capita)
2012 4.6788643047 pct. Installed renewable energy-generating capacity (in watts per capita)
2013 5.6675162746 pct. Installed renewable energy-generating capacity (in watts per capita)
2014 7.0179813536 pct. Installed renewable energy-generating capacity (in watts per capita)
2015 8.5761953235 pct. Installed renewable energy-generating capacity (in watts per capita)
2016 7.2165098863 pct. Installed renewable energy-generating capacity (in watts per capita)
2017 8.6019408075 pct. Installed renewable energy-generating capacity (in watts per capita)
2018 8.0161572137 pct. Installed renewable energy-generating capacity (in watts per capita)
2019 7.9275830496 pct. Installed renewable energy-generating capacity (in watts per capita)
2020 7.9849843676 pct. Installed renewable energy-generating capacity (in watts per capita)
2021 8.1556788781 pct. Installed renewable energy-generating capacity (in watts per capita)

Source: UN estimates (Energy Balances, UN Statistics Division, 2000-2011)

Geographical Area: Total renewable energy

Unit of Measurement: per cent

Footnote: The figures from 2000 to 2011 are estimated data from Energy Balances, UN Statistics Division, 2021. From 2012 the figures are from StatisticsFaroe Islands

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Indicator

Indicator 7.2.1: Renewable energy share in the total final energy consumption
Target

Target 7.2: By 2030, increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix
Metadata update

2024-03-28
International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

International Energy Agency (IEA)

United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Related indicators

Indicator 7.3.1: Energy intensity measured in terms of primary energy and GDP

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Indicator 13.2.2: Total greenhouse gas emissions per year
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