Clean Power Meets New Electricity Demand in 2025

Clean power sources fully covered the world’s growing electricity demand in 2025, according to a new analysis by energy think tank Ember. Low-carbon power generation increased by 887 terawatt-hours (TWh) between 2024 and 2025, while global electricity use rose by 849 TWh. China accounted for around 59 percent of that increase, with demand rising by 503 TWh, followed by the United States (+131 TWh, 15 percent) and India (+49 TWh, 6 percent).

However, as the following chart shows, the surge in demand was entirely met by growth in clean energy, particularly by solar and wind. Solar power alone met 75 percent of the net increase in electricity demand, adding 636 TWh of electricity generation in 2025. Wind was the next biggest clean energy contributor, providing 205 TWh.

For the first time since the Covid pandemic, fossil fuel energy generation did not rise, but fell by 38 TWh (-0.2 percent). This was driven largely by a drop in fossil generation in China (-56 TWh, -0.9 percent) and India (-52 TWh, -3.3 percent).