Share of wind and solar in electricity production

The share of wind and solar grew again in 2025 (+2 pp) to 17%.

In 2025, global renewable installation reached new records, with over 500 GW of new solar capacity and over 150 GW of new wind capacity. China accounted for around 70% of these renewable installations, with 315 GW of new solar capacity and 118 GW of new wind capacity. Renewable installations were also steady in the EU, the USA, and India, which installed more solar and wind capacities than the US.
Globally, the share of wind and solar in power generation rose by 2.1 pp in 2025 to 17% (+15 pp since 2010). It increased by nearly 4 pp to about 22% in China (+20 pp since 2010), by over 3 pp in Australia (to 32%), Chile (to 37%), and Brazil (to 27%), by nearly 3 pp in India (to 15 pp) and by more than 1 pp in both the EU (to 30%, with countries such as Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain exceeding 40%) and the USA (to 18%). It also continued to rise in South Korea, Japan, and Saudi Arabia, and doubled to 12% in Uzbekistan amid rapid renewable rollout.
Wind and solar remained marginal in Russia (less than 1%), Africa (6%, including 7% in South Africa (stable), and in the Middle East (3%, despite a rising renewable generation in the United Arab Emirates).