Renewable Energy Stats

What does Renewable Energy Stats do?

Renewable Energy Stats is an Apify actor that extracts renewable energy production and capacity data by country from the World Bank Open Data API. It covers key technologies including solar, wind, and hydroelectric power, providing percentage shares of total electricity generation and historical trends. The actor supports any country with data available in the World Bank database and delivers structured datasets suitable for research, ESG reporting, and energy market analysis.

Why use Renewable Energy Stats?

Tracking the renewable energy transition across countries requires consolidating data from multiple indicators and time periods. This actor automates the extraction process, pulling relevant renewable energy metrics from the World Bank API and organizing them by country, technology, and year. Whether you are an energy analyst comparing solar adoption rates between nations, a policy researcher tracking decarbonization progress, or a journalist covering the clean energy transition, this tool provides the data you need without manual API wrangling.

How to use Renewable Energy Stats

1. Open the actor on the Apify platform.
2. Enter country codes in ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 format (e.g., USA, CHN, DEU).
3. Select the technologies you want to track: Solar, Wind, Hydro, or any combination.
4. Set the target year for the data extraction.
5. Click Start to run the actor.
6. Download results from the Dataset tab in JSON, CSV, or Excel format.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Default
countries	array	ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country codes	["USA","CHN","DEU"]
technologies	array	Renewable energy technologies to include	["Solar","Wind","Hydro"]
year	string	Target year for data	"2023"

Output

The dataset includes the following fields:

Field	Description
country	Full country name
year	Data year
technology	Energy technology type
capacity	Installed capacity when available
generation	Generation as percentage of total
unit	Unit of measurement
source	Data source attribution

Cost Estimate

This actor makes lightweight API calls and requires minimal compute resources. A typical run for 3 countries costs approximately $0.001-0.003 on the Apify platform. The actor runs on 512 MB of memory by default. Processing larger lists of countries scales linearly but remains cost-effective since each API call is small and fast.

Tips and Best Practices

• World Bank data typically has a 1-2 year reporting lag, so the most recent data may be from 2021 or 2022 even if you request 2023. The actor handles this gracefully by returning available data.
• Use this actor alongside the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data actor to correlate renewable energy adoption with emissions reductions.
• Common country codes include: USA, CHN, IND, DEU, GBR, FRA, JPN, BRA, AUS, CAN, KOR, ESP, ITA.
• The trend data provides 5 years of historical context, making it easy to visualize renewable energy growth over time.
• Schedule monthly runs to capture newly published data as the World Bank updates their indicators.
• For aggregate data, try regional codes like EUU (European Union) or WLD (World).
• Export your data to CSV for quick import into charting tools and presentations.