Renewable energy met all new demand for electricity in 2025, according to a new review of global power generation, halting the growth of fossil fuel-powered generation and highlighting the promise of clean sources like wind and solar.

The authoritative Global Electricity Review released annually by Ember, an international energy research organization, says clean sources — especially solar — are growing fast enough and are cheap enough that they are stopping new fossil fuel-powered electricity generation. Electricity from solar and wind increased while there was no change to the amount of electricity produced from burning fossil fuels.

“We’re really talking about a large-scale change in how the energy system works. And solar is among the most scalable technologies that can deliver fast change,” said Nicolas Fulghum, senior data analyst at Ember.

  • FireRetardant@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Yea this could be prevented by having adequate glass protection on the panels in areas where the risk of hail is worth that investment.

    Its not like traditional power generation fares any better in extreme weather. The renewables were what survived the ice storm outage in Texas while oil and gas plants went down.

    • SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works
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      3 days ago

      A more vertical angle or double sided would also mitigate that risk.

      Some places just get freak storms with boulder hail. Rare.