renewable energy global status and impact ngos as market facilitators municipal policies dr eric martinot senior visiting scholar tsinghua university research fellow worldwatch institute edu cn ngo workshop forum beijing international conference birec 2005 china november 6 l j x u h q d o y v w p 5 z e r g a ic 5b displacement of conventional by renewables supplies 17 percent the world s primary including 9 traditional biomass large hydropower 2 new power capacity totals 160 gw worldwide excluding this is 4 total 3 800 developing countries account for 44 with 70 there are more than million green consumers in europe us canada australia japan generates much annually one fifth nuclear plants