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NEW | Solar power surge in 2025 stalls rise in fossil electricity worldwide ⚡📈
Clean power growth outpaced global electricity demand last year – with solar alone supplying THREE-QUARTERS of the increase in demand ☀️
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NEW | Global Electricity Insights from the first half of 2022
⚡️Global electricity demand rose 3%
✅Renewables entirely met the rise in demand, so...
🏭No increase in coal and gas worldwide
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BREAKING | #Wind and #Solar hit a record TENTH of global electricity in 2021.
The milestone has now been passed by 50 countries around the world, including the five biggest economies 🇺🇸🇨🇳🇯🇵🇩🇪🇬🇧
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The global power sector is not on track to limit temperature increase to 1.5 degrees.
Coal-fired electricity needs to fall by 13% EVERY YEAR this decade.
Despite a global pandemic, it only fell by 8% in the first half of 2020.
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Wind and solar have doubled in five years to generate a TENTH of the world's electricity in 2020.
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NEW | India’s Coal Power Use May Have Already Peaked
Ember's latest report in @climate
bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @AkshatRathi @rajeshsing13
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MILESTONE 🇪🇺⚡Wind and solar produced more electricity than fossil fuels in the EU last month
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Out today: Ember’s Global Electricity Review.
Tracking the transition to #fossilfree electricity.
⚡️Global trends
⚡️G20 profiles
⚡️Data explorer
⚡️Open data
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Electrification will supercharge industrial growth ⚡📈
In 2023, global markets for EVs, heat pumps and batteries were 3x bigger than wind and solar. By 2035, they’ll be 8x.
Countries leading on electrification are building for the future.
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BREAKING⚡️🇪🇺 #Solar & #Wind generated a record 1/5 of EU electricity in 2022, for the first time overtaking fossil gas.
Despite the #gascrisis and record lows in hydro and nuclear, Europe prevented a threatened return to coal power.
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ALT EU wind and solar generated more than gas for the first time
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NEW | Coal is NOT making a comeback in Europe
Plans to extend coal-fired power in 4 EU countries 🇩🇪🇫🇷🇦🇹🇳🇱 would have a limited impact, even in the worst-case scenario where they run at the highest levels throughout 2023.
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Germany has hit a MAJOR milestone, as coal is no longer 🇩🇪’s leading source of electricity generation.
Wind produced more electricity than coal, which fell 27% in 2023.
Find more insights on Europe's electricity 👇
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Solar’s growth is unprecedented ☀️📈
It took solar just 8 years to grow from 100 TWh to 1000 TWh of generation!
Coal took 32 years, gas 28 years and hydro 39 years to reach this milestone.
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NEW | World surpasses 40% clean power in 2024, driven by a RECORD rise in renewables 📈
Solar has DOUBLED in just three years, remaining the world’s fastest-growing source of new electricity and the engine of the energy transition ⚡
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NEW | Combining solar panels and crops could nearly TRIPLE renewable electricity in Central Europe ☀️
Agri-PV could bring benefits to farmers, such as
🌾 increased crop yields
💶 additional profits
@SolarPowerEU @PSFotowoltaiki @IEA_PVPS
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| BREAKING | Landmark moment as #renewables overtake fossil fuels as Europe's main source of electricity in 2020.
Read Ember’s fifth annual EU power sector report with @AgoraEW
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BIG news.
We forecast that clean electricity will exceed the world's demand growth in 2023, meaning fossil generation will fall.
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NEW 🚀 | A 'think piece' by Ember, @AITAsia and @UTSEngage discussing the need for a greater discourse for power connectivity in the Greater Mekong subregion, in the newly published report by @CSDS_Chula and AMPERES.
Have a read here 👇
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India can confidently cancel its pipeline of new coal plants as they are surplus to requirements.
Opinion piece in @EconomicTimes by Ember's Aditya Lolla and @ashishfernandes @ClimateHorizons
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NEW | EU’s record solar summer helps avoid €29bn in gas imports
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NEW | Mexico could displace ALL gas imports from the US for power generation with solar and batteries ☀️🔋
The country’s abundant sunshine means it can become a global solar superpower and boost its energy security at the same time 🇲🇽
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Wind and solar have reached a record 10% of global electricity generation.
Now they need to sustain their high growth rates for a 1.5C pathway.
#GER22
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Global #coal power saw a record decline in 2020, including in top coal-generating countries 🇮🇳🇺🇸🇯🇵🇰🇷.
China was the only G20 country that saw a large increase in coal generation as electricity demand increased sharply.
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Renewables are now cheaper than new coal power in India 🇮🇳
New coal: ~USD 68/MWh
Solar + storage: USD 33–41/MWh
Firm and dispatchable RE: USD 49–67/MWh
As renewables scale, India can meet its 2032 power needs without adding new coal.
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🇪🇺⚡ Ranked: EU countries by share of clean electricity in 2022
How does your country measure up?
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The EU generated more electricity from renewables than fossil fuels for the first winter on record.
Renewables accounted for 40% of the electricity mix between October and March, with fossil fuels at 37%.
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BREAKING⚡️Power sector emissions may have peaked in 2022, as wind and solar reach a record 12% of global electricity.
Our fourth annual Global Electricity Review presents data from 78 countries, representing 93% of global electricity demand.
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BREAKING | Half the world’s economies are past a peak in fossil power
New analysis by Ember finds that 107 economies are already at least five years past a peak in electricity generation from fossil fuels.
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#Methane leaking from Indonesian coal mines estimated to cause climate damage, double that of Jakarta’s CO2.
Opinion piece by Ember's analysts Conal Campbell & Achmed Edianto in @KATADATAcoid outlining 6 steps for 🇮🇩 to reduce coal mine methane emissions
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NEW | EU wind and solar overtake fossil power in the first half of 2024 🇪🇺⚡
🌪️ and ☀️generated 30% of EU electricity, compared to 27% fossil generation.
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Battery costs = 📉
Battery storage capacity = 📈
69 GW of capacity was installed in 2024, nearly DOUBLING total battery storage capacity 🔋
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NEW | The surge in European power prices is predominantly being driven by soaring fossil gas costs - not carbon prices
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BREAKING: #Coal Power Emissions Per Capita show Australia and South Korea far beyond India and China
Ember's latest analysis: ember-climate.org/commentary… #COP26
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🇪🇸Spain achieved a new record in April 2022, for the first time generating 40% of its electricity from wind and solar power.
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🚨 BREAKING | Today the UK closes its LAST coal power plant, joining 1/3 of OECD nations now coal-free
📉 OECD coal generation has halved since its peak in 2007
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🇰🇪 Kenya will achieve 100% renewable energy by 2030.
- Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya
Kenya is home to the largest wind power project in the African continent and has already reached almost 90% renewables said the President.
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The world added a RECORD 45 GW of battery storage in 2023, MORE THAN DOUBLE that in 2022.
And the @IEA forecasts capacity could increase 10x from 85 GW in 2023 to 853 GW by 2030. 📈
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NEW | Electric vehicles and heat pumps reduced UK fossil fuel consumption equivalent to 14 MILLION barrels of oil in 2023 🇬🇧⚡
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NEW | Solar and wind OUTPACED global electricity demand growth in the first half of 2025, leading to a slight fall in fossil fuels compared to this time last year ☀️🌪️
Record solar and steady wind growth is reshaping global power as renewables OVERTAKE coal for the first time.
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NEW | Surging wind and solar power helped make electricity in Spain CHEAPER than in most European countries.
📈 As wind and solar grows…
📉 …The influence of costly fossil fuels on the electricity price shrinks
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BIG news.
We forecast that clean electricity will exceed the world's demand growth in 2023, meaning fossil generation will fall.
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Batteries and solar are fast becoming the backbone of a clean, flexible power system🔋☀️
In our #GER2025, we saw California batteries supplied ~20% of evening peak demand in June 2024, displacing gas.
Fast forward to today: they’re now averaging 28%⚡
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Batteries are one of the most valuable infrastructure bets of the coming years
They:
✅ Store during abundance and supply during peak demand
✅ Discharge clean energy when the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow
✅ Provide emergency grid support
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🚨 NEW RECORD | Solar OVERTOOK nuclear for the first time globally ☀️
Solar power has TRIPLED in the last five years, from 79 TWh in April 2020 ➡️ to 233 TWh in April 2025 📈⚡️
For more electricity records, check Ember’s new data every month 🔎👇
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NEW | Renewables generated a RECORD 30% of global electricity in 2023, driven by growth in solar and wind ⚡
The world is racing towards an era of falling fossil fuels #GER24
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NEW | Solar generates more EU electricity than coal for the first time in 2024 🇪🇺☀️
Renewables made up nearly HALF of the electricity mix last year, while fossil power fell to a historic low ⚡
Read more at the link in bio 🔗
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BREAKING | Global power sector emissions soar in 2021
Rising global electricity demand outpaced growth in clean electricity. That meant more coal, pushing power's CO2 emissions 5% higher than in H1-2019.
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The data is in 📈
Here’s what happened in EU electricity in the first six months of 2024 🇪🇺
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5 kWh of fixed solar panels + 17 kWh battery can deliver 1 kW of solar electricity round-the-clock on an average day in Las Vegas 🕧
A 17 kWh battery is smaller compared to most EV batteries, and will be sufficient for most regions across the world🔋
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May was the first month ever where solar and wind produced more EU electricity than fossil fuels. 💪
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BREAKING | Wind and solar drove a record fall in #coal in 2020
But we’re not yet building enough clean electricity to put the world on a pathway to 1.5C.
#GER21 Global Electricity Review: ember-climate.org/global-ele…
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BREAKING | Solar and wind dominate 🇮🇳India’s electricity capacity additions in 2022.
92% of India's total added capacity comprises wind and solar, while coal accounted for only 5% last year.
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🚨 NEW RECORD | Fossil fuels fell below 50% of US electricity for the first month on record
This was driven by solar and wind reaching a record high 📈
In March 2025, solar rose by 37% (+8.3 TWh) and wind by 12% (+5.7 TWh) compared to the year before ↗️
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In the EU, Germany has the largest disparity between reported and independently estimated #coal mining emissions.
Recent research found that 🇩🇪 emits between 28 to 220 times as much as it officially reports.
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BREAKING: 🇮🇳 India confirms its commitment to a global tripling of renewables capacity #COP28
Although the global goal does not require each country to triple, India is one of ten countries that is targeting this.
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Good news! Every EU country had a smaller share of coal in 2022 than in 2015.
Biggest falls: 🇬🇷Greece, 🇵🇹Portugal, 🇳🇱Netherlands, 🇪🇸Spain
Still over 30% #coalpower: 🇵🇱Poland, 🇨🇿Czechia, 🇧🇬Bulgaria, 🇩🇪Germany
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☀️ Global solar deployment hit 380 GW in H1-2025 — 64% more than last year!
It took until September to reach 350 GW in 2024. In 2025, we got there by June.
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#Wind and #solar power are now cheaper than coal in 🇮🇩 Indonesia, according to an energy official statement at the end of last year.
The coal-rich nation has "no reason anymore not to use renewables", they added.
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Electrification could now reach 75% of all energy demand, as the road-transport and heating sectors rapidly electrify 🔥🚗
These two sectors account for 50% of global energy use and are now ready to switch from fossil molecules to clean electrons.
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NEW | Renewables generated a RECORD 59% of Germany's electricity so far in 2024.
Wind and solar dominated with 45% of power–surpassing fossil fuel shares ☀️
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NEW from Ember electricity data:
Electricity demand has stabilised in the EU, but fossil generation keeps falling ⚡🇪🇺 1/4
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Coal produced just 6% of EU electricity in June 📉
Germany and Poland – the EU’s biggest coal users – also saw record lows in June amid solar and wind’s strong performance 🇩🇪🇵🇱
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🚨 NEW MILESTONE | Solar OVERTOOK gas as California’s largest source of electricity ☀️
In the 12 months to April 2024, solar produced 83.1 TWh of electricity — surpassing gas (81.6 TWh) for the first time 📈
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5 kWh of fixed solar panels + 17 kWh battery can = 1 kW of solar electricity round-the-clock on an average day in Las Vegas 🕧
#COP30 could help accelerate the 24/7 solar + batteries revolution ☀️🔋
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Battery costs are falling and battery storage capacity is skyrocketing
69 GW of capacity was installed in 2024 - almost enough to DOUBLE total battery storage capacity 🔋
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Coal is on its way out in Europe.
It fell a staggering ❗23%❗ in the EU in the first half of 2023, and was less than 10% of the EU’s electricity generation for the first time ever in May.
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Germany and Poland were responsible for 53% of emissions from the EU power sector in 2021
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What does the #IPCC #ClimateReport mean for coal?
Join us today for a TwitterSpace chat with @CoalFreeDave @leonickroberts @kim_jiseok
🗓️ Tuesday, 5th April 2022
⏰ 12.30 GMT
Set a reminder: nitter.app/i/spaces/1YqKDqRAgmkGV
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With just 3 quarters left until Dec 2022, only 3 states and 1 union territory hit 100% RE targets.
⚡ Telangana: 248%
⚡ Rajasthan: 119%
⚡ Karnataka: 107%
⚡ Andaman and Nicobar: 129%
[4/8] #IndiaRESTracker
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Solar is surging in every EU country, but a few key players are leading the charge ☀️🇪🇺
Germany generated the most electricity from solar overall, while Hungary generated nearly a QUARTER of its electricity from solar.
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China's electrification is pushing fossil fuels towards peak demand in key sectors⚡
Buildings: Electricity displaced coal with electric heaters
Industry: Electricity overtook coal as largest energy source
Transport: Signs of oil decline as EVs accelerate
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NEW | The world is close to peak emissions in the power sector
We're close to a turning point where the rapid growth of wind and solar pushes the world into a new era of falling fossil generation.
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Electrification could now reach 75% of all energy demand, as the road-transport and heating sectors rapidly electrify 🔥🚗
These two sectors account for 50% of global energy use and are now ready to switch from fossil molecules to clean electrons.
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It's the beginning of the end of the fossil age. We are entering the clean power era.
📈Wind & solar hit 12% of global electricity in 2022
📉2022 forecast to be the 'peak' of emissions in the global power sector
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NEW | EU's record growth in wind and solar avoids €11bn in gas costs during war
A report from @e3g and @EmberClimate calls on EU energy ministers to back the increased renewables ambition of #REPowerEU.
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BREAKING: Record fall in global coal generation in 2019
Our #GlobalElectricityReview out today includes:
⚡️Analysis: 70 pages of graphs & insights
⚡️#OpenSource data: 200+ countries, 2000-2019
⚡️Interactive dashboard
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China is scaling energy storage capacity faster than the rest of the world.
In just three years, 🇨🇳 TRIPLED energy storage to 135 GW—supercharged by the growth in lithium-ion batteries which overtook pumped hydro in 2024🔋
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NEW: Modelling reveals that #CleanPower2035 is crucial for 1.5C
🟩Cheapest pathways = 70-80% wind and solar
⬛️Coal phase-out by 2030
🔲<5% unabated fossil gas by 2035
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Renewables growth in Europe is already paying off.
The EU generated a record 12% of its electricity from solar this summer, helping to avoid a potential €29 billion in fossil gas imports.
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French farmers are covering crops with solar panels to produce food and energy at the same time
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Germany will target 100% renewable electricity by 2035
There is a clear consensus (see @IEA 🇩🇪🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦) that clean power in the mid-2030s is crucial for Net Zero.
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🇪🇺 generation from fossil fuels in April 2024 fell by 24% compared to April 2023.
🇩🇪 Germany saw the largest fall compared to last year, at 4.8 TWh (-26%), representing 32% of the total EU fall.
🇮🇹 Italy was next, with a 2.2 TWh (-24%) fall.
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Solar leaders China and the EU are meeting today for their annual summit 🇨🇳🇪🇺
They are both at the forefront of the global transition to a clean, electrified economy ☀️
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German wind and solar overtook fossil fuels for the first time in 2024 🇩🇪
As solar rose to 15% of the electricity mix last year, coal fell to a historic low of 22%.
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#2022Highlight Mapped: Solar and Wind Power by Country
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Data from Ember's Global Electricity Review #GER22 visualised by @VCElements @VisualCap @BrunoVenditti2
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The EU generated more electricity from renewables than fossil fuels for the first winter on record.
Renewables accounted for 40% of the electricity mix between October and March, with fossil fuels at 37%.
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🚨 NEW RECORD | Solar generated a TENTH of global electricity for the first time
#Solar’s share has nearly DOUBLED in the last three years, from 5.4% in April 2022 ➡️ to 10% in April 2025 📈
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🚨 China is meeting and exceeding its demand growth with clean sources so far in 2025, standing out as a leading example among #BRICS
China’s solar generation rose by 120 TWh in the first five months of 2025, meeting 86% of the country’s demand increase ☀️📈
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May was the first month ever where solar and wind produced more EU electricity than fossil fuels. 💪
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BREAKING | 27 states and union territories need to step up in India’s race to 175 GW #renewables.
@EmberClimate 🇮🇳 #IndiaRESTracker
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China sets a new SOLAR RECORD in early 2025 🇨🇳☀️
In just two months, 2025's solar generation matched what took seven months in 2020.
New data lands in Ember's Electricity Data Explorer every month: ember-energy.org/data/electr…
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🇩🇪 produced 44% of the 🇪🇺 lignite in 2022, but reported 1% of the emissions from active surface mines in the EU.
Methane from 🇩🇪 coal mines is visible from satellite data, indicating that coal mine methane emission data aren't adequately estimated.
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Wind and solar saved the EU €59 BILLION in fossil fuel imports over the last five years 💶
Without the new 🌪️ and ☀️ added since 2019, the EU would have needed to burn an extra 92 billion cubic metres of fossil gas and 55 million tonnes of coal.
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🇪🇺⚡ Ranked: EU countries by share of clean electricity in 2022
How does your country measure up?
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China’s solar and wind generation grew 27% in the first half of 2025, contributing to a 2% decline in coal generation.
Combined with rapid electrification, China’s clean energy boom is rewiring the economy for deep decarbonisation
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