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Renewable Energies Overtook Global Electricity Demand Last Year, Led by Solar Growth in China, India
- Clean power generation grew 887 terawatt hours in 2025, exceeding global electricity demand growth of 849 terawatt hours, according to energy think tank Ember. Renewables hit over one-third of the global electricity mix for the first time in modern history.
- Solar power grew 30% in 2025, meeting three-quarters of the net rise in electricity demand. Combined with wind energy, these sources met 99% of demand growth, with China and India serving as primary drivers.
- Fossil fuel generation essentially halted, falling about 0.2%—or 38 terawatt hours—last year. Coal power saw its share drop 0.6% to 63 terawatt hours, marking the first time it fell below one-third of global generation.
- Battery costs fell 45% last year, enabling renewable integration. Alexis Abramson, dean of the Columbia University Climate School, said "clean energy now can meet rising demand economically and at the same time really help address national security concerns."
- Nicolas Fulghum, Ember senior data analyst, stated clean power can structurally meet rising demand before reducing fossil fuel use. Despite pressure from President Donald Trump to boost traditional energy, the analysis indicates the global transition continues to make headway.
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Led by solar growth in China and India, renewable energies overtook global electricity demand last year
Record growth in solar, especially in China and India, was a driving factor for clean energy sources surpassing the world’s strong demand for electricity in 2025, according to a new global power analysis.
The record growth of renewables covered the entire increase in global electricity demand in 2025, surpassing for the first time in the modern era the share of coal and preventing the generation from growing from fossils. Only the solar has satisfied three quarters of the increase in electric growth, almost the total if considered together with wind. In a context marked by the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz and the volatility of prices, the data …
The rise in solar energy slowed the increase in electricity generation through fossil fuels and enabled this source and wind to cover 99% of the increase in global demand last yearWind and solar provide more electricity in the EU for the first time than fossil fuels The rise in solar energy slowed the increase in global electricity generation through fossil fuels in 2025.Last year, renewable generation (wind, sun and hydroelectric) surpassed coa…
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