Clean power surpassed 40% of global electricity generation in 2024, driven by record growth in renewables, especially solar. Compared to other sources of power, “the rise in solar generation is the fastest in the history of electricity,” says Daan Struyven. Due to supportive policies and favourable economics, the world's renewable power capacity is expected to surge over the rest of this decade, with global additions on course to roughly equal the current power capacity of China, the European Union, India and the United States combined, according to a. India saw record solar and wind power generation growth that outpaced the growth in demand in the first half of this year, according to a report by the global energy think-tank Ember. 8 April 2025 Lead authors : Euan Graham and Nicolas Fulghum Other authors : Katye Altieri Global Electricity Review.
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