A new report by the think-tank Ember, published on Thursday 13 November, predicts that fossil fuel-based electricity generation will stagnate worldwide in 2025, despite slight increases in the EU and the US.
Increases in fossil-fired power generation in the first three quarters of 2025 in the EU (+21 TWh) and the US (+13 TWh) were offset by declines in China (-52 TWh, -1.1%) and India (-34 TWh, -3.3%).
These increases in the EU can be explained in particular by unfavourable weather conditions for the production of hydroelectricity and wind power.
More broadly, the report notes that record growth in solar power (498 TWh, +31%), combined with moderate growth in wind power, outstripped the increase in electricity demand, even taking into account the decline in hydroelectric production.
As a result, electricity generation from fossil fuels is set to stagnate in 2025: the first time this has happened since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
To see the report: https://aeur.eu/f/jfo (Original version in French by Pauline Denys)