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Clean Energy Powered 40% of Global Electricity in 2024, Report Finds


The world used clean power sources to meet more than 40% of its electricity demand last year for the first time since the 1940s, figures show. The Guardian: A report by the energy thinktank Ember said the milestone was powered by a boom in solar power capacity, which has doubled in the last three ye...

The world used clean power sources to meet more than 40% of its electricity demand last year for the first time since the 1940s, figures show. The report found that solar farms had been the world's fastest-growing source of energy for the last 20 consecutive years. Phil MacDonald, Ember's managing director, said: "Solar power has become the engine of the global energy transition.

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