For supporters of the energy transition, 2025 had plenty to complain about: the scrapping of U.S. clean energy policies, wind droughts in Europe, corporate retreats from wind power generation and a resurgence in coal-fired power output.
The article by Reuters noted that there were also developments to celebrate, including record deployment, opens new tab of battery storage systems, historic power generation shares from solar farms in dozens of countries, and continued growth in electric vehicle sales in key car markets.
elow are eight charts that capture some of the key milestones and developments impacting global energy transition progress in 2025, as well as key data points to track heading into 2026 and beyond.
CHINA’S GROWING CLEAN CLOUT
China remains at the forefront of clean energy generation, and deploys more nuclear, solar, wind and bioenergy power than any other nation.
Clean electricity production is on track to record its seventh consecutive year of strong growth. Over the first 11 months of 2025, total clean power output rose 15.4% from a year earlier, Ember data shows:
Clean power sources will generate more than 40% of China’s utility-supplied electricity for the first time in 2025, while fossil fuels’ share will drop to a record low, the report says.
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