WWEA Half-year Report 2025: Global Wind Power Growth

The first half of 2025 has been a defining period for the global wind energy sector – not only for its record-breaking growth but for the clarity it provides about the world''s energy direction.

U.S. power grid added 20.2 GW of generating capacity in the first half

The 380-MW battery storage capacity at Gemini and the 300-MW Eleven Mile Solar Center in Arizona were the two largest projects that came online in the first half of 2024. Wind power

Defying Trump, solar and wind provided more than fifth of US generation

During the first six months of 2025, electrical generation by wind plus utility-scale and small-scale solar provided over a fifth (20.3%) of the US total, up from 18.6% during the first six

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

The world''s wind and solar farms have generated more electricity than coal plants for the first time this year, marking a turning point for the global power system, according to research.

US wind, solar fastest growing sources of electricity in the first half

Wind and solar generation were the fastest growing sources of US electricity in the first half of 2024, as total renewable output increased nearly 10%, the SUN DAY Campaign said Aug. 26.

Solar Market Insight Report Q3 2025 – SEIA

Photovoltaic (PV) solar accounted for 56% of all new electricity-generating capacity additions in the first half of 2025, remaining the dominant form of new electricity-generating capacity

FERC: Solar + wind made up 91% of new US power generating

Solar and wind accounted for 91% of new US electrical generating capacity added in the H1 2025, according to data just released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC),

For the first time ever, wind and solar produced more electricity than

Meanwhile, wind and solar overtook fossil fuels in the European Union for the first time, generating 30% of electricity in the first half of the year, compared to fossil fuels'' 27%.

Solar and wind power has grown faster than electricity demand this year

Global solar generation grew by a record 31% in the first half of the year, while wind generation grew by 7.7%, according to the report by the energy think tank Ember, which was released after midnight