India, April 21 -- Clean electricity met all growth in global power demand in 2025.

This kept fossil generation flat as renewables' share rose to nearly 34 per cent, overtaking coal for the first time in a century.

Solar and wind supplied almost all new demand.

Near-static hydropower exposed growing risks around balancing variable renewables.

The rise of clean electricity reached a new turning point in 2025 as clean power sources contirbuted to all growth in global electricity demand, preventing an increase in fossil generation. Near-flat hydropower growth, however, highlighted emerging constraints in balancing rapidly expanding renewables, according to a new report by global energy think tank Ember.

According to Ember's Global Elect...