According to new data from Climate Think Tank Amber, more than 40% of the world’s electricity was included in 2024 – the highest part since the 1940s, BBC Informed
But when the renewal increased, the global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions also hit a high of 14.6 billion tonnes.
The increase in emissions was operated by increasing the global demand for electricity, which increased by 4% last year. Hot weather, especially during the warm waves, played a major role in high energy use.
“Solar energy has become an engine of global energy infection,” said Phil McDonald, the managing director of Amber. “Hot weather promoted an increase in fossil generation in 2024, but we are not very likely to see a similar jump in 2025.”
Solar power remains the fastest growing source of electricity for the 20th consecutive year, with the output double every three years since 2012. China led the expansion, which is responsible for more than half of the global development, while India’s solar capacity doubled from year to year.
Despite the rapid growth, solar is still less than 7% of global electricity – to give strength to the whole of India. Wind energy contributes more than just 8%, and hydroelectric remains the largest clean source at 14%. Nuclear power makes about 9%.
However, renewable growth lags behind the demand for increasing energy, especially in fast developed countries like India and China. As a result, the use of fossil fuels is still climbing, 34% according to coal and gas and 22% for global power generation, respectively – is leading to an increase of 1.4% in the use of fossil fuels.
The European Copernicus Climate Service reported that March 2025 was the second hottest March, with an unusually high -temperature streak.
Amber has long predicted that the CO2 emissions will soon reach the peak, but this milestone has not yet reached. This report underlines the challenge of infection for rapid energy for clean energy to offset the growing power demand worldwide.
