Renewables now make up 32% of global electricity generation
Renewable energy, sourced from replenishable natural resources like sunlight, wind, and geothermal heat, is pivotal in electricity generation, heating, cooling, and transportation. It offers off-grid solutions for remote areas, produces minimal greenhouse gases, and enhances energy security due to its wide geographical distribution. As global efforts to mitigate climate change intensify, the shift to low-carbon energy, led by renewables, is accelerating. Technologies such as solar PV and wind are becoming cost-competitive with fossil fuels. Increasing the renewable share in energy systems involves electrifying heating and transport sectors, using biofuels, and deploying solar water heating, biomass burners, and geothermal heating. Achieving climate goals requires rapid renewable energy deployment across all sectors, supported by favourable policies and market conditions.
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total global installed capacity of solar in 2024, compared to 1,135 GW of wind (Statistical Review of World Energy)
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was the first year that solar electricity generation surpassed coal in the European Union (Statistical Review of World Energy)
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share of total global generation from wind and solar in 2024 (Statistical Review of World Energy)
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million households in the UK (or equivalent) were powered by wind energy in 2024 (RenewableUK)
New Energy World stories
South Africa expands renewable generation as wind projects enter operational phase
11th August 2026
The wind farm site is also said to be the first utility-scale wind energy facility built in northwestern Mpumalanga Province. The project is part of a...
Start-up of solar-plus-battery facility supports grid power expansion in Sierra Leone
11th August 2026
The project as a whole aims to raise Sierra Leone's electricity access rate from 16% to 36% as operations begin, supporting national electrification g...
Southeast Asia to deliver less than one-third of planned gas-fired power capacity by 2030
11th August 2026
New research from Wood Mackenzie concludes that Southeast Asia’s gas-fired power pipeline is increasingly constrained, as project delivery struggles t...
UK reports promote increasing biomethane production
11th August 2026
The report is very supportive of biomethane produced by anaerobic digestion (AD), a process usually based on agricultural land where organic matter su...
China unveils 15th five-year renewable energy plan targeting 3,500GW capacity by 2030
4th August 2026
This directive builds on New Energy World’s coverage from March 2026 detailing China's rapid clean energy expansion. That report documented how record...
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