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Asia’s energy transition is gaining momentum, with the share of clean generation rising markedly during 2025

Last Updated: 21 Apr 2026

Anchor point: Overview

37%

Share of clean electricity

17%

Share of solar and wind

63%

Share of electricity from fossil fuels

1.0x

Demand per capita as a multiple of the global average

1.2x

Emissions per capita as a multiple of the global average

Asia saw remarkable growth in clean electricity during 2025, jumping from 34% to 37% of generation in a single year. Wind and solar generated 17% of Asia’s electricity, aligning with the global average.

More than half of global electricity demand falls within Asia, and it has been rising at about 5% in 2025, faster than in any other region.

Asia remained dominant in coal, accounting for 82% of global coal generation in 2025. Yet the region’s own power mix is shifting: clean generation rose from 34.1% to 37.1%, with solar and wind (17.5%) now edging above the world average (17.3%), and renewables reaching 32% of Asia’s electricity mix overall.

In both China and India, the region’s two most populous countries, fossil generation fell in 2025, largely due to the rapid rollout of solar and wind generation. China leads the world in both solar and wind generation, while India ranks third in solar and fifth in wind.

While most Asian countries have set long-term energy transition targets, many lack immediate plans for rapid transformations this decade. Nevertheless, countries including India, Indonesia and Viet Nam have targets to secure more than 40% of their electricity from renewables by 2030.

Asia is the most consequential region for the global energy story, not just because of its scale, but because of the sheer diversity of energy trajectories within it. From China’s rapid deployment of solar and storage to Southeast Asia’s complex balancing act between development needs and energy security, the region defies simple narratives. What’s clear is that energy is increasingly central to national economic strategy across Asia, and how these transitions unfold will shape global electricity markets, supply chains, and geopolitics for decades to come.