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Clean power passed 40% of world electricity in 2024 - a first since the 1940s
>40% of global electricity was clean in 2024 - first time since the 1940s
Ember's Global Electricity Review 2025 reports record renewables growth led by solar pushed low-carbon power past 40% of global generation in 2024, with renewable sources adding a record 858 TWh - 49% more than the previous record year. Solar is now the fastest-growing and largest source of new electricity on Earth, and in the EU a record 47% of power came from renewables as fossil plants hit historic lows.
In 2024 clean sources generated more than 40% of the world's electricity for the first time since the 1940s - and a record 47% of EU electricity came from renewables.