IEA: Solar overtakes all energy sources in a major global first(electrek.co)

121 points by Klaster_1 6 months ago | 80 comments

Wind and solar are now beating coal in the US(electrek.co)

116 points by mfiguiere 3 years ago | 81 comments

US electricity demand surged in 2025 – solar handled 61% of it(electrek.co)

296 points by doener 9 months ago | 275 comments

Solar leads EU electricity generation as renewables hit 54%(electrek.co)

244 points by toomuchtodo 1 year ago | 200 comments

Renewables supplied 65% of new US utility-scale generating capacity in Q1 2023(electrek.co)

78 points by kieranmaine 3 years ago | 39 comments

UK offshore wind prices come in 40% cheaper than gas in record auction(electrek.co)

134 points by doener 9 months ago | 68 comments

In Europe, wind and solar overtake fossil fuels(e360.yale.edu)

656 points by speckx 9 months ago | 676 comments

Yale Environment 360 digest article reporting that wind and solar power generated more electricity than fossil fuels in Europe.

Solar generates more energy in US than coal for first time(theguardian.com)

402 points by neilfrndes 4 months ago | 193 comments

Guardian news article reporting that solar supplied 12.8% of US electricity in May, surpassing coal for the first time despite Trump administration support for coal.

Solar surpasses nuclear power globally for first time(pv-magazine.com)

624 points by xbmcuser 9 days ago | 390 comments

pv magazine article reporting that global solar generation surpassed nuclear for the first time in 2025, according to the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2026.

'It's offensively cheap': Solar power is quietly becoming bigger than nuclear(bbc.com)

11 points by geox 26 minutes ago | 9 comments

BBC Future article explaining how global solar electricity generation has overtaken nuclear, with seven reasons for solar's growth including falling costs and batteries.

In Ukraine, distributed renewables foil Russia's assaults(energytransition.org)

135 points by JumpCrisscross 22 days ago | 123 comments

Energy Transition article by Paul Hockenos on how distributed renewable energy in Ukraine, such as in Mykolaiv, kept services running despite Russian strikes on power plants.

Electrification Special Report 2026 [pdf](iea.blob.core.windows.net)

9 points by gmays 25 days ago | 0 comments

A PDF of the International Energy Agency's 2026 special report on electrification of the global energy system.