Clean energy powered 40% of global electricity in 2024, report finds

Solar farms had been the world’s fastest-growing source of energy for the last 20 consecutive years, report finds. Picture: Shutterstock

The world used clean power sources to meet more than 40% of its electricity demand last year for the first time since the 1940s, figures show.

A report by the energy thinktank Ember said the milestone was powered by a boom in solar power capacity, which has doubled in the last three years.