A recent report says that 2023 was a record-breaking year for renewable energy sources.
最近发布的一份报告称，2023年是可再生能源破纪录的一年。
Ember, a research group based in London, reported that, for the first time, 30 percent of electricity produced worldwide was from clean energy sources. And billions of people are using clean energy sources daily as the number of solar and wind farms continues to grow.
总部位于伦敦的研究小组Ember报告称，这是首次全球30%的电力来自清洁能源。随着太阳能和风电场的数量不断增长，数十亿人每天都在使用清洁能源。
Hydropower
水力发电
Last year, hydroelectric dams produced most of the clean energy sources - as in most years. Yet dry weather conditions, or droughts, in India, China, and North America meant hydropower hit a five-year low. Research shows climate change is causing droughts to develop more quickly and be more severe.
去年，与大多数年份一样，水力发电大坝生产了大部分清洁能源。然而，印度、中国和北美的干旱天气意味着水力发电量创下了五年来的新低。研究表明，气候变化正在导致干旱发展得更快、更严重。
People used more electricity than ever last year, about 2 percent more, an increase of about as much as Canada uses in a year. Some of this new demand was for heat pumps, which are an efficient way to both heat and cool buildings, and for electric vehicles. The demand was also for electrolyzers, special machines used to get hydrogen out of water, for energy. These are all technologies that provide solutions to climate change.
去年人们的用电量增加了2%左右，超过了以往任何时候，这大约相当于加拿大一年的用电量。其中一些用电新需求是热泵，它是为建筑物以及电动汽车供暖和制冷的有效方式。电解槽的用电需求也很大，它是一种从水中提取氢气用作能源的特殊机器。这些都是为气候变化提供解决方案的技术。
Other increased demand was for electricity to feed new data centers and for air conditioning as places around the world become hotter.
其它用电需求的增长是为新的数据中心供电，以及随着世界各地变得越来越热，空调的用电。
Solar
太阳能
Solar made up the biggest part of new clean energy last year. More than twice as much solar power was added as coal power. It was the 19th year in a row that solar was the fastest-growing source of electricity generation. A large increase in solar installations happened at the end of the year and the report predicts 2024 will see an even larger jump.
去年，太阳能在新的清洁能源中占了最大的份额。太阳能增加的发电量是煤电的两倍多。这是太阳能连续第19年成为增长最快的发电来源。今年年底，太阳能安装量大幅增加，报告预测2024年将出现更大的增长。
China added more renewable energy than any other country last year — 51 percent of the new solar power and 60 percent of the new wind power worldwide.
去年，中国新增的可再生能源比其他任何国家都多，占全球新增太阳能的51%和新增风能的60%。
China, the European Union, the United States and Brazil together were responsible for 81 percent of new solar generation in 2023.
2023年，中国、欧盟、美国和巴西共同占据了太阳能新增发电量的81%。
Coal
煤
Despite the growth in clean energy, fossil fuels like coal still made up most of the electricity generated worldwide last year.
尽管清洁能源有所增长，但煤炭等化石燃料仍占去年全球发电量的大部分。
The report said some countries burned coal to make up for the loss of hydroelectric power they experienced when drought caused their water supply to dry up.
报告称，一些国家燃烧煤炭以弥补干旱导致供水枯竭时水电的损失。
China was responsible for 55 percent of coal generation worldwide. And 60 percent of China's electricity generation came from coal. China, India, Vietnam and Mexico were responsible for nearly all of the increase.
中国占全球煤炭发电量的55%。中国60%的发电量来自煤炭。中国、印度、越南和墨西哥几乎占据了煤电的全部增长。
The International Energy Agency says fossil fuels release more carbon dioxide to produce electricity. And scientists say fossil fuel burning needs to decrease quickly to protect Earth's climate.
国际能源署表示，化石燃料发电会释放更多的二氧化碳。科学家们表示，为了保护地球气候，需要迅速降低化石燃料的使用。
Experts expect the world to use even more electricity in 2024. However, as renewable energy generation is predicted to grow, it could mean a 2 percent drop in energy generated from fossil fuels.
专家们预计，2024年全球将耗费更多的电力。然而，随着可再生能源发电量的预计增长，这可能意味着化石燃料发电量将下降2%。
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