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<title>Our World in Data - Renewable Energy</title>
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<updated>2026-05-05T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
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    <title>Low-carbon electricity sources grew faster than demand in 2025, pushing fossil fuels into decline</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/low-carbon-electricity-sources-grew-faster-than-demand-in-2025-pushing-fossil-fuels-into-decline</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/low-carbon-electricity-sources-grew-faster-than-demand-in-2025-pushing-fossil-fuels-into-decline"/>
    <published>2026-05-05T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Pablo Rosado</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/low-carbon-electricity-sources-grew-faster-than-demand-in-2025-pushing-fossil-fuels-into-decline"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/f646c710-73dc-4854-dd55-6be7ecc11200/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>Solar and wind power is growing quickly in Poland, but coal still dominates</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/solar-and-wind-power-is-growing-quickly-in-poland-but-coal-still-dominates</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/solar-and-wind-power-is-growing-quickly-in-poland-but-coal-still-dominates"/>
    <published>2024-12-25T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/solar-and-wind-power-is-growing-quickly-in-poland-but-coal-still-dominates"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/61093545-b6dd-4b72-eea7-c0549565b900/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>30% of the world&apos;s electricity came from renewable sources in 2023</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/renewable-electricity-2023</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/renewable-electricity-2023"/>
    <published>2024-05-08T08:50:09.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Pablo Rosado</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/renewable-electricity-2023"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/af9d05da-3f00-44a1-1732-1a8ebda19b00/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Solar and wind gain an edge over coal in a number of countries</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/solar-and-wind-gain-an-edge-over-coal-in-a-number-of-countries</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/solar-and-wind-gain-an-edge-over-coal-in-a-number-of-countries"/>
    <published>2024-03-05T07:58:45.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Veronika Samborska</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/solar-and-wind-gain-an-edge-over-coal-in-a-number-of-countries"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/16b27a7a-3d90-458c-09a1-352076731800/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/sdgs/affordable-clean-energy</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/sdgs/affordable-clean-energy"/>
    <published>2023-07-18T14:14:07.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Our World in Data team</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Sustainable Development Goals Tracker for SDG 7<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/sdgs/affordable-clean-energy"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/9fe1093a-8389-43e2-33cf-c148c24c9d00/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Learning curves: What does it mean for a technology to follow Wright’s Law?</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/learning-curve</id>
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    <published>2023-04-18T00:57:56.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Max Roser</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Technologies that follow Wright’s Law get cheaper at a consistent rate, as the cumulative production of that technology increases.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/learning-curve"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/d47d4787-01cd-4bef-9180-9c0d376b5700/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Renewable Energy</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/renewable-energy</id>
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    <published>2020-12-17T13:50:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Max Roser</name></author><author><name>Pablo Rosado</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Renewable energy sources are growing quickly and will play a vital role in tackling climate change.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/renewable-energy"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/40db2df9-427e-4185-43e0-a3377fbe6f00/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Global renewables are growing, but have been partly offset by a decline in nuclear production</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/global-renewables-are-growing-but-are-only-managing-to-offset-a-decline-in-nuclear-production</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/global-renewables-are-growing-but-are-only-managing-to-offset-a-decline-in-nuclear-production"/>
    <published>2017-05-19T21:06:28.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[To displace fossil fuels we need to increase low-carbon energy. While renewables have been growing, a decline in nuclear has offset some of these gains.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/global-renewables-are-growing-but-are-only-managing-to-offset-a-decline-in-nuclear-production"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/54c80145-b0b4-44f4-a97f-c97465a7f200/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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