Tag: wind
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China added a Germany-sized grid in 2025
And it was nearly all solar and wind: click here for more. Post. Source: Our World in Data. Category: clean power, tags China, solar, wind.Click on a link to see related content. For an index of all categories and tags on this website click here. Read more
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Low-carbon electricity sources grew faster than demand in 2025
Global electricity production increased by around 850TWh in 2025, with solar and wind accounting for nearly all of this growth. The world burned more gas, but this was more than offset by a decline in coal and oil. One cheer overall I think: to reduce CO2 emissions overall fossil fuel use needs to fall not just Read more
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GB renewables 2025
Renewable sources produced a record amount of electricity in Great Britain last year, Wind was the biggest renewable source of electricity; solar rose by nearly a third on 2024 levels, helped by the UK's sunniest year on record. Of course Nature doesn't care how much renewable energy we use, it cares about how much fossil fuel we use. Electricity Read more
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GB renewable energy projects 2025
A record number of renewable energy projects were given the go-ahead in GB in 2025, according Cornwall Insight. New battery, wind, and solar projects that received approval climbed to 45GW this year, 96% higher than in 2024. Applications to build new battery storage almost doubled to 28.6GW this year from 14.9GW in 2024; approvals for offshore wind Read more
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EU electricity in 2025
Wind and solar generated 30% of EU electricity in 2025, more than the 29% supplied by power plants burning coal, gas and oil, according to data from Ember. The EU continues to shift towards low-carbon energy despite resistance from some governments; its electricity mix is now mostly low-carbon, with renewables and nuclear together supplying 71% Read more