Nicolas Fulghum

In the first five months of 2025, coal power has fallen in China compared to 2024. Solar power is up 120 TWh, meeting 86% of the increase in electricity demand ☀️⚡️ Wind also up substantially

NEW | Solar power was the EU’s biggest power source in June 2025 ☀️ For the first time, solar ranked first among all power sources, producing 22.1% of the EU’s power ahead of nuclear at 21.8%. Coal power fell to a record low 6.1% in sixth place.

NEW | Solar is now California’s #1 electricity source ☀️ Over the past 12 months (to April), solar generated more electricity than any other source in California — surpassing gas for the first time in history. Rapid solar + battery deployment will keep this trend going 🔋⚡️

On Thursday last week, Germany's solar hit a new all-time generation record of 68.7 GW! In 2026, solar has regularly been surpassing total system load. Batteries are a necessary next step to smooth out peaks, shave off evening prices and avoid curtailment.

May 2026 set a new all-time record for British solar generation. According to the latest NESO data, solar generated 2.8 TWh, beating the previous record set in a very sunny May 2025. Solar is now regularly meeting over a quarter of Britain's midday electricity needs.

Sunny Poland☀️🇵🇱 set a new all-time monthly high for solar in April of 2.7 TWh (+22% over April 2025) The highest solar generation is usually observed in May-August, so there might be more records to come.

Solar produced a record 14.4% of India's electricity in March 2026 🇮🇳 The share of solar generation is rapidly growing, despite rising overall demand, as solar's growth rate is much faster. March 2020: 5.6% March 2022: 6.6% March 2024: 9.7% March 2026: 14.4%

LATEST DATA | Solar power has overtaken coal power in Texas In the twelve months to March 2026, Texas solar (68.3 TWh) produced more electricity than coal (66.8 TWh). Just five years ago, coal was still more than 7x larger than solar.

In 2022 battery prices rose, prompting fears of an early end to the battery revolution. Three years of enormous cost declines and a deployment boom followed. Solar + storage is now not just feasible, but one of the cheapest sources of new power around the globe.

In March, wind and solar reached a new all-time high share in Texas of 45.6% March 2006: 1.9% March 2016: 17.5% March 2026: 45.6% 🏆 Gas (37.9%) recorded its lowest share since April 2022 Coal fell to the second lowest monthly share ever recorded (8.9%)

NEW | Wind and solar just produced more electricity than gas globally for the first month on record In April, they produced 531 TWh (22%), compared with 477 TWh (20%) for gas. Wind and solar generation has more than doubled in the last five years.

SunZia, one of the world's largest wind power and transmission projects (3.5 GW), has started feeding power into California's CAISO. New wind generation records are now being broken every other day. The US should build on this clean energy leadership instead of abandoning it!

If there is one country that would currently benefit from battery storage deployment, it's Germany. - Solar regularly getting close to or exceeding load - System flexibility stretched - Stationary storage prices at record lows You'd think it's all set up for a battery boom?