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Electricity Fact for 8 September 2026

Daily fact Fact #3

17%of world electricity is wind and solar

Wind and solar together supplied 17.3% of the world's electricity in 2025, up from 4.5% in 2015.

Wind supplied 8.5% and solar 8.8% in 2025.

Source: Ember annual statistics, 2025. Wind power around the world · Solar power around the world

Source: Ember (ember-energy.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Data as of 2025. Annual statistics, named by year in the fact.