Clean Electricity | Ember

Clean Electricity

Rapid growth of clean electricity led by cheap solar and wind is replacing fossil fuels in the power sector, and beyond through electrification.

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Highlights

39%
Global share of clean generation
+23%
Solar generation growth in 2023
+10%
Wind generation growth in 2023

Cheaper, better, faster, cleaner

Solar and wind are outcompeting fossil fuels: Declining costs and accelerating growth means they are displacing fossil fuels in many parts of the world.

Solar and wind power costs have been declining rapidly. During the decade to 2020, the cost of wind and solar power fell by 55% and 85%, respectively. The cost of batteries, increasingly used to store renewable electricity, also fell by 85% over the same time period.

Solar is leading the energy revolution. It has been the fastest-growing source of electricity generation for nineteen years running. Solar added more than twice as much new electricity as coal in 2023.

Aerial view of the Solar panel, photovoltaic, alternative electricity source with a wind turbines, Phan Rang, Ninh Thuan, Vietnam

Why wind and solar will lead the way

The cheapest, fastest and most scalable interventions to decarbonise the power sector and provide affordable energy for all

 

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Our work

Scaling clean electricity with data and policy

We curate the world’s best open dataset on global electricity generation, and publish an annual Global Electricity Review.

We have specialist teams working in Asia and Europe to galvanise action in the world’s biggest emitters, by using data and analysis to highlight the solutions and policy enablers.

In Europe we published a modelled pathway to a clean power system by 2035, and in Asia we have helped show the progress in renewables deployment in IndiaSouth East Asia and beyond.

“Clean electricity will reduce energy costs and pollution, and boost efficiency and energy security.”

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