{"id":138894,"date":"2025-04-08T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T06:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/world-surpasses-40-clean-electricity-with-europe-leading-as-a-solar-superpower\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T09:00:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T06:00:31","slug":"world-surpasses-40-clean-electricity-with-europe-leading-as-a-solar-superpower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/world-surpasses-40-clean-electricity-with-europe-leading-as-a-solar-superpower\/","title":{"rendered":"World surpasses 40% clean electricity with Europe leading as a \u2019solar superpower\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138894\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Heatwaves, AI and data centres are driving electricity demand to new heights. But clean power is up to the challenge, a new global review finds. 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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it\u2019s 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\u2019s latest Global Electricity Review finds. Power sector emissions also reached an all-time high last year, however, at 14.6 billion tonnes of CO2. This was mainly driven by a need for cooling technology during heatwaves, as 2024 turned into the hottest year on record &#8211; underscoring the urgency of the energy transition.<\/p>\n<p>The EU is well ahead of the global average, having generated 71 per cent of its electricity from clean sources in 2024, which include nuclear. \u201cEurope has cemented a global leadership in clean power,\u201d Dr Beatrice Petrovich, senior analyst at Ember tells Euronews Green. Furthermore, \u201cit is showing the world how to have an increasing share of renewables in the mix\u201d, with nearly half (47 per cent) from solar, wind and hydro last year.<\/p>\n<p>Solar generation in the EU almost doubled in the three years to 2024 to account for 11 per cent of electricity, surpassing coal for the first time. Seven member states rank among the top 15 countries with the highest shares of solar generation worldwide. In short, Petrovich says, \u201cthe EU is a solar superpower.\u201d The EU accounted for 11% of the global increase in solar generation in 2024. Ember<br \/>\nThere are national achievements to spotlight. In absolute terms, Germany generated 71 TWh of solar last year, coming in sixth place globally, with all countries dwarfed by China\u2019s 834 TWh output.<\/p>\n<p>Hungary has the world\u2019s highest share of solar in its electricity mix, at 25 per cent. This was due to a generous incentive scheme for residential solar that boosted capacity, Petrovich explains. It\u2019s over now, but the panels will keep doing their job for decades.Spain, meanwhile, gets the prize for Europe\u2019s biggest increase in solar generation last year. Its 10 TWh surge is again eclipsed by China\u2019s 250 TWh. China was responsible for more than half of the global change in generation &#8211; an astonishing 53 per cent &#8211; in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>But, in Europe at least, \u201csolar is not one country\u2019s story,\u201d Petrovich emphasises. \u201cWidespread growth really says something about how flexible this technology is, how scalable this technology is,\u201d she says. \u201cThere is a kind of a solar story in every country now.\u201d Even with less optimal weather conditions compared to 2023, an increase in panels &#8211; including on rooftops &#8211; led to more electricity being generated. There is no slow down in the growth of the EU\u2019s solar capacity yet, despite the high penetration rate.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2025\/04\/08\/world-surpasses-40-clean-electricity-with-europe-leading-as-a-solar-superpower\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2025\/04\/08\/world-surpasses-40-clean-electricity-with-europe-leading-as-a-solar-superpower\">Euronews Green<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vau-viikkokatsaus\/world-surpasses-40-clean-electricity-with-europe-leading-as-a-solar-superpower\/\">World surpasses 40% clean electricity with Europe leading as a \u2019solar superpower\u2019<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[18480,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-138894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-40-clean-electricity","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}