Global solar installations soar 64% in the first half of 2025
The world’s total capacity of solar power plants has increased by 380 MW in the first half of 2025, according to Ember
World far off track from tripling renewables by 2030
Two years after the COP28 agreement to triple global renewables capacity to 11 TW by 2030, the world is only on track to double it.
Solar beats nuclear in June, becoming EU’s biggest electricity source for first time
Solar was the EU’s largest source of electricity for the first time in June. Records for photovoltaics and wind rolled in in May and June
Serbia’s power demand soars 20%
Power demand in Serbia has increased by 15% to 20% over the past three weeks, according to Dragan Rakić, the head dispatcher of TSO EMS
Heatwave strains European grid, brings profit to energy storage operators
Record PV production, backed by energy storage, helped maintain electricity system stability in Europe in the latest heatwave, Ember said
Turkey’s renewables failing to cover power demand growth despite solar boom
Turkey became a net electricity exporter in 2024, but wind and solar are still not growing fast enough to meet rising domestic power demand
Ember: Warming’s 2024 share of global power demand rise was covered with fossil fuels
Renewables and nuclear energy met 79,1% of 2024 global power demand growth. The fossil fuels share was bigger than the part attributed to the annual rise in temperatures.
Turkey’s photovoltaic capacity doubles since July 2022, to 19.6 GW
Turkey's 2025 solar power target of 19 GW was exceeded one and a half years earlier, Ember said in a new report