Renewables Have Generated More Energy Than Coal in 2025
What’s newIn the first half of 2025, wind and solar made more electricity than coal worldwide for the first time ever. Clean power grew faster than the world’s rising need for electricity, meaning that demand for coal was ever so slightly driven down.Solar led the way. It jumped by about one-third from last year and met 83% of the new electricity demand worldwide.The International Energy Agency says renewables could more than double globally by 2030, with 80% of that new capacity coming from solar.Why it mattersThis is a turning point, and China and India did most of the lifting. China added…
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