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Track regional and national progress in transforming the energy system
Key snapshots
Major economies that play a crucial role in shaping the global clean energy transition
China is rebuilding its industrial economy on a clean foundation as rapid renewable energy expansions begin to offload fossil fuels
Solar met the majority of US electricity demand growth in 2025 as renewables continued expanding despite policy uncertainty
India overtook France and Canada to become the world’s fourth largest generator of clean electricity in 2025
The EU’s electricity transition reached a major milestone in 2025, with wind and solar generating more power than fossil fuels
Japan remained the world’s fourth-largest solar generator in 2025, but still lags far behind on wind
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Record renewables propel the world towards a new era of falling fossil generation
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Argentina’s increasing wind and solar capacity is slowly helping it decrease its reliance on fossil fuels.
Australia’s wind and solar increase has helped to drive down power sector emissions, but coal remains a major polluter
Bangladesh has mostly met growing demand for electricity with fossil gas, but solar can help reduce reliance on costly imports
Wind and solar will help Brazil manage the impact of climate variability on hydro and rising demand
Hydro leads Canada’s clean energy, with greater ambition for wind and solar needed to displace remaining fossil fuels
China led in wind and solar generation globally in 2023, while also ranking as the world’s largest power sector emitter
Egypt’s vast untapped solar potential can help overcome its fossil gas dependency and cut its rising power sector emissions
Low-carbon sources generated nearly all of France’s electricity in 2023, with two-thirds from nuclear
Wind power overtook coal to become Germany’s largest source of electricity in 2023
India overtook Japan to become the third-largest solar power generator in 2023
Indonesia remains reliant on fossil fuels, while its neighbours have begun their transition to clean, cheap electricity
Iran’s vast untapped solar potential can help overcome its fossil gas dependency and slow its rising power sector emissions
Iraq’s power sector emissions have nearly quadrupled over the last two decades as gas grew to meet rising demand
Italy is falling behind its European peers in harnessing cheap, clean solar and wind energy
Japan has twice the global average of solar power, but lags far behind on wind
Kazakhstan’s untapped renewables potential can help it transition away from fossil fuels whilst meeting demand
Malaysia boasts a largely untapped solar potential that can help it overcome fossil fuel reliance to meet growing power demand
Mexico is yet to harness its high potential for cheap, clean solar and wind energy
54% of the Netherlands’s electricity was generated from low-carbon sources in 2024
Norway generated 98% of its electricity from low-carbon sources in 2024
Pakistan’s vast solar and wind potential can help tackle its ongoing energy crisis
Poland has increased its share of wind and solar but still lags behind EU peers
Russia’s electricity transition is yet to begin, with almost no progress in two decades
Saudi Arabia needs to rapidly increase its renewables share from near-zero today to meet its ambitious 2030 targets
South Africa’s vast renewables potential can safeguard it from its looming electricity demand growth and over-reliance on coal
South Korea’s solar and nuclear generation have helped drive a decline in power sector emissions in recent years
Spain reached a historic milestone in 2023 as wind and solar overtook fossil power
99% of Sweden’s electricity was generated from low-carbon sources in 2024
Thailand can harness its solar and wind power potential and overcome its historic reliance on fossil gas
The Philippines can harness its wind and solar potential to reduce its reliance on coal
Türkiye can harness its huge renewables potential to reduce its reliance on fossil fuel imports and avoid being left behind
UAE can harness its untapped solar potential to decrease its reliance on fossil gas
Wind power has displaced coal and the UK is now targeting a fully decarbonised electricity system
Fossil gas expansion keeps US emissions high, even as coal declines
As Southeast Asia’s renewable powerhouse, Viet Nam can quickly decarbonise its power sector by integrating untapped solar and wind potential
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Regions
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Electricity access remains an urgent problem across the continent
Meeting electricity demand growth within clean power is now key
Uneven progress towards clean electricity
Clean power replacing emissions-intensive fossil fuels
No sign of a transition away from gas and oil reliance
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International fora
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The EU accelerates its electricity transition in the wake of the energy crisis
High-income countries saw power sector emissions peak in 2007, with emissions falling 28% since then
Members include both leaders and laggards in clean power
Clean power on the rise as coal phasedown continues