The world generated more than 40 per cent of its electricity from low-carbon sources last year, according to new analysis from clean energy think tank Ember. That’s a record not broken since the 1940s, when the global electricity system was 50 times smaller than it is today, and hydropower did the heavy lifting.
Now, it’s solar energy that is soaring in a targeted race to build an entirely clean electricity system. Global solar generation has become large enough to power all of India, Ember’s latest Global Electricity Review finds.
