Nicolas Fulghum

Today, we published our Q3 global power report which also found that 2025 is likely to be the first year since the Covid-19 pandemic without an increase in fossil generation

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NEW DATA | Solar generation in 2025 has already exceeded the 2024 total as of September ☀️⚡️

A 31% increase in Q1-Q3 2025, has pushed solar beyond the full year output for 2024, with three months left in 2025.

Q3 Global Power Report: No fossil fuel growth expected in 2025 | Ember Solar and wind power grew fast enough to keep up with rising electricity demand in the first three quarters of 2025, as fossil fuel growth should be stagnated. Ember forecasts no growth for fossil fue...

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The central player so far in 2025 is once again solar, dwarfing changes from other sources ☀️

The yoy increase of 498 TWh in Q1-Q3 was three times larger than the next biggest increase from wind.

Solar's rise is in stark contrast to stagnating fossil generation.

Our latest power sector analysis out today shows that in the first three quarters of 2025, solar and wind exceeded the growth in electricity demand globally.

Combined with an increase in nuclear generation and falls in hydro power, fossil generation saw a minor decline in Q1-Q3.

NEW | No growth for fossil fuels in global electricity generation expected in 2025 🔥❌

Ember forecasts no increase in fossil generation as wind and solar are growing fast enough to meet all new electricity demand.

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NEW data | Less than 50% of Australia's electricity generation came from fossil fuels in October 🇦🇺⚡️

This was the first month ever where renewables have overtaken fossil fuels in Australia's electricity mix.

10 years ago, in October 2015, fossil fuels made up 86%.

LATEST DATA | Strong solar additions and favourable hydro conditions in China pushed coal power down 5.4% in September compared to 2024 🇨🇳⚡️

Year-to-date, coal power remains down 1.4%.

We will see more records as we are now moving into the shoulder months where solar output remains high, but demand is lower than in summer months.

The previous record for battery share of load was set in April.

Another new record for batteries in California 🔋⚡️

Batteries met a record high 37.2% of load at 6:25pm yesterday, Oct 12.

The share of load remained at >30% for two whole hours from 5:50 to 7:50 during peak demand and discharged late into the night, reducing gas and imports.

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NEW | EU solar generation has already exceeded its 2024 total as of September ☀️🇪🇺

Solar is by far the fastest growing source of electricity in the EU, up 20% year-on-year.

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NEW DATA | For the first time ever, wind and solar produced more than 50% of the UK's electricity ☀️🍃🇬🇧

🏆 In September, wind and solar generation reached a share of 50.4%

Both wind and solar generation also reached new absolute output records for the month of September:
Wind: 7.7 TWh
Solar: 1.7 TWh

Global Electricity Mid-Year Insights 2025 | Ember Solar and wind outpaced demand growth in the first half of 2025, as renewables overtook coal’s share in the global electricity mix.

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NEW @ember-energy.org report out today | Renewables now produce more electricity than coal worldwide ⚡️

Renewables produced 5,072 TWh (34.4% share) in the first half of 2025 overtaking coal for the first time which stood at 4,896 TWh (33.1%.)

More than 5% isn't possible...more than 10% isn't possible...

Solar was already at 8.8% of GLOBAL electricity generation in the first half of 2025, more than doubling since 2021 (3.8%). ☀️

I guess 30% is the new limit??

🇭🇺Hungary: 29.7%
🇬🇷Greece: 26.3%
🇳🇱Netherlands: 25.7%

Global Electricity Mid-Year Insights 2025 | Ember Solar and wind outpaced demand growth in the first half of 2025, as renewables overtook coal’s share in the global electricity mix.

You can read the full @ember-energy.org report on global electricity generation in the first half of 2025 out today: ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

However, even periods of low demand growth would have not led to substantial fossil fuel falls in the past in India.

The difference now? Record growth in wind and solar generation.

The slow demand growth was caused by temperature differences between 2025 and 2024.

2024 saw record heatwaves push up cooling demand, but 2025 has been much milder. This moderated demand growth, sometimes even dropping below 2024 levels, a rare sight in India's steadily growing power sector.

In India, record solar and wind growth combined with favourable hydro conditions to drive fossil generation down substantially. However, electricity demand increased by just 1.3% compared to a 9% increase in H1-2024.

The first half of 2025 is the continuation of a flattening out of fossil generation in China.

Fossil power has plateaued since early 2024 as solar and wind have been matching or growing faster than electricity demand.

The fall in fossil generation in India and China had slightly different reasons.

In China, low-carbon power growth from solar, wind (and some nuclear) was higher than the increase in electricity demand, despite a small fall in hydro generation. This led to a decline in coal.

The continued rapid growth of solar generation meant that renewables overtook coal for the first time.

Coal generation dipped slightly compared to the first half of 2024, with renewables continuing to grow.

On a global level, wind and solar met and exceeded the growth in electricity demand, particularly as a result of record breaking solar growth.

A fall in hydro negated some of the growth in solar, wind and nuclear, but fossil fuels still saw a small decline.

NEW | Electricity generation from fossil fuels fell in China and India in the first half of 2025 🔥📉

This marks a reversal from previous trends.

Simultaneously, there was a small uptick in the US and in the EU.

A thread 🧵

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China Cleantech Exports Data Explorer | Ember A tool to uncover insights from the latest clean technology export data from China, including solar PV, batteries and electric vehicles. Explore by electrotech type, country or region.

Check out the "China Cleantech Exports Data Explorer" out today and explore all the data yourself.

Fantastic work by my colleagues @euangraham.bsky.social and @libbycopsey.bsky.social

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