This dataset contains information about world' solar consumption from 1965. Data from BP. Follow datasource.kapsarc.org for timely data to advance energy economics research. Notes:* Based on gross generation and not accounting for cross-border electricity supply. Converted on the basis of thermal equivalence assuming 38% conversion efficiency in a modern thermal power station. ^ Less than 0.05.♦ Less than 0.05%.# Excludes Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania prior to 1985 and Slovenia prior to 1990. Growth rates are adjusted for leap years.