The Spanish government is reporting that the cause of the massive blackout wasn't a lack of thermal power plants - rather that they failed to provide power at the time, acting 'inappropriately'.
Funny, after fossil lobbyists were so quick to blame renewables..
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One more week left to apply!
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A final bonus graphic that isn't in the final report but is absolutely beautiful
Huge well done to the whole Ember team involved in the report, especially my co-lead author @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social
You can read the whole report here:
ember-energy.org/latest-insights/global-electricity-review-2025/
And markets like California are showing just how powerful a combination solar + batteries can be.
Batteries are regularly meeting more than a fifth of the evening peak demand.
This has continued to climb even higher in 2025, reaching >30%.
Batteries are increasingly key to continued solar growth
As prices fell, the global installed battery capacity almost doubled in 2024
69 GW added last year comes close to the 86 GW that had been installed to date.
We are also seeing new markets emerge in the space of a single year, due to solar's cheap and fast-to-build nature.
Countries need updated system planning and regulatory frameworks in order to make the most of this technology.
This booming solar growth is on display across the world
Chile, Greece, Hungary reaching >20% share
in China, Brazil, Germany it was the largest source of new power
Netherlands and Denmark showing that rapid solar growth can take place at high latitudes.
Solar power is now by some distance the fastest growing source of electricity ever
And it's showing no signs of slowing down - the growth rate seen in 2024 (+29%) was the fastest in the last six years.
The 40% clean power milestone was reached thanks to a record rise in renewable generation, led by solar power
It added more than TWICE as much new generation as any other source.
But even more striking compared to fossil fuels - three 3x the rise in coal generation, 5x the rise in gas generation
New research!! Clean power is stepping up, and provided more than 40% of global power in 2024
@ember-energy.org Global Electricity Review is out today
Here are some of my favourite takeaways about why solar was the real star of the show this year 🌞🌞🌞 🧵
NEW | Clean electricity surpasses 40% of global electricity generation
Our latest @ember-energy.org Global Electricity Review is out today! ⚡
Solar power is rising rapidly and doubled in the last three years ☀️
A (long) thread on the key trends in 2024... 🧵
Please do register for the launch webinar for Ember's latest Global Electricity Review on 8th April - it is absolutely packed full of insights and detail on all the latest developments in the global power sector in 2024!
Proud to have worked on it as a lead author alongside brilliant colleagues.
Meanwhile, solar power is expected to make up over half of new capacity added in 2025!
One third (10 GW) of this solar capacity is expected to be added in Texas!
www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
Amid all the fluff about a new age of coal generation in the US, important to remember what is actually happening in the real world:
"Electricity generators plan to retire 12.3 gigawatts (GW) of capacity in 2025, a 65% increase in retirements compared with 2024."
www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
Excited to launch new @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social report, lifting the lid on capacity markets in 6 European countries -- funded via our energy bills.
Here's a snapshot of how the contacts have been allocated. 60% has gone to fossils, & only one-fifth to clean flex.
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NEW | In 2024, solar power overtook coal for the first time! ☀️
As the US is doubting its own clean energy credentials, the EU is all in and it shows.
Today we @ember-energy.org published our annual European Electricity Review.
A thread on the most important developments...