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.

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[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hybrid solar and geothermal is the way to go.

[–] LoveCanada@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Geothermal is cool. And impressive. But I have yet to see anyone who could afford on a single home.

For larger installations, we had a geothermal plant just a few miles from our place in the US. Was great til it started leaking sour gas. Eventually the company had to buy out the homes of the people who were closer to the plant because of the health concerns.

Every power source has issues.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

*Every power source has weaker and stronger use cases