Solar Overtakes Wind As Global Renewable Power Hits One-Third In 2025

OkSolar power overtook wind in global electricity generation for the first time in 2025, as renewable energy supplied about one-third of the world’s electricity, according to the latest Statistical Review of World Energy.
Worldwide electricity generation reached about 32,202 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2025, with hydroelectricity, wind, solar and other renewable sources accounting for approximately 10,749 TWh, or 33.4 per cent of total global power generation.
Hydropower remained the largest source of renewable electricity, generating 4,479 TWh, equivalent to 13.9 per cent of global electricity. But solar emerged as the fastest-growing major renewable source, producing 2,811 TWh, or 8.7 p...