Solar power surpasses nuclear in capacity
The gist
Solar generated more electricity than all the world's nuclear plants in 2025, Ember data shows.
The milestone reshapes the global power mix, with grid capacity now the bottleneck.
How it unfolded
- 2025Solar electricity generation overtook nuclear globally, just, according to Ember statistics: solar generation climbed roughly 30% while nuclear output grew 1.1%.
- 2025 -03Wind exceeded global nuclear generation on a monthly basis.
- 2025 -04Solar exceeded global nuclear generation on a monthly basis.