Solar and wind are covering all new power demand in 2025
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- Solar and wind energy are growing fast enough to meet all new global electricity demand for the first three quarters of 2025.
- Solar and wind combined supplied 635 TWh of new clean electricity, surpassing the 603 TWh rise in global demand.
- Renewables now account for 43% of global electricity, with solar and wind alone making up 17.6%.
- For the first time in 2025, renewables generated more electricity than coal, and fossil fuel generation has stalled.
- China and India are leading the shift, with fossil generation dropping due to increased clean energy and milder weather.
- Solar is the biggest driver of change in the global power sector, growing more than three times faster than any other source.
- 2025 may be remembered as the year global fossil generation plateaued, marking a turning point for the power system.