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# Watt’s Up: Clean Power Quietly Takes the Lead
- URL: https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/watts-up-clean-power-quietly-takes-the-lead/
- Published: 2025-04-08T12:23:22.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-27T05:23:50.000Z
- Description: While everyone was arguing about AI, elections, and trade wars, renewables quietly took over nearly a third of global electricity. Guess who didn’t notice?
- Author: Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP
- Tags: News, #seo-post-1

While everyone was arguing about [AI](https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/ai-strategy-speaker/), elections, and trade wars, renewables quietly took over nearly a third of global electricity. Guess who didn’t notice?

Last year, renewables hit a historic milestone: 32% of global electricity, up from 30% in 2023\. Wind, solar, and hydro added 858 TWh, more than the UK and France use annually.

As AI, EVs, heat pumps, and a warmer planet drive up demand, it’s encouraging to see clean energy keeping pace. Coal dipped to 34% and gas held steady at 22%. Even amid tariff-fueled trade tension and climate-driven surges in cooling demand, the transition continues.

- Heatwaves added 208 TWh of demand
- AI and EV growth added 0.7%
- Solar and wind remain fastest growers

I see this as proof that coordinated global effort can deliver real change. But will nations double down on this momentum, or retreat behind fossil-fuelled fears?

Read the full article on [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/renewables-provided-record-32-global-electricity-2024-ember-says-2025-04-07/?ref=thedigitalspeaker.com).

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