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A solar and new energy education nonprofit. Promoting independent, affordable, libre solar energy in Portland, Oregon https://pdxsolar.org - Lux Liberat

511GW of solar capacity added in 2025 globally
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the sun, our favorite fusion reactor
China surpasses 5,000 patents/yr, with Europe just under 4,000 and US just over 2,000. Graph shows sharp increase in trajectory for China.
Stacked line graphs of public energy R&D by category: fossil fuels represent a small band at the bottom. Other major categories include renewables, nuclear, efficiency, hydrogen, and storage/other. Europe is 23x clean/fossil; Americas 12x; Asia Oceania 6x. Data for China is not available. IEA total is 13x.
In all four regions, new clean energy investments surpass new fossil investments, with clean energy continuing to increase.
Electricity is now the single largest supplier of useful energy of any fuel or carrier. Next is oil, then case, then coal, then biomass. The trajectory shows electricity pulling steeply away from the others.
A 2x2 grid of dual-axis area charts for Europe, Americas, China, and Asia Oceania from 2015-2025. Each chart shows two cumulative metrics: teal shading (left axis) for cumulative renewable energy generation growth in TWh above 2015 baseline, and purple shading (right axis) for cumulative avoided fuel costs in billions of 2024 USD. Both metrics start at zero in 2015 and grow steadily, with acceleration visible after 2020. China dominates with 7,988 TWh cumulative RE growth and $557B in savings. Europe shows 2,414 TWh and $193B saved. Americas shows 2,902 TWh and $113B saved. Asia Oceania shows 924 TWh and $75B saved. The purple savings curve steepens notably in 2022 across all regions, reflecting high fuel prices during the energy crisis amplifying the economic value of renewables.
Cumulative Generation Growth in OECD regions: renewables are growing faster than coal and gas in every region and in China. Generation from Coal in China has been flat since 2024.