Solar hits 'insane' milestone, quietly overtakes nuclear as a global power source: report

“Solar hits 'insane' milestone, quietly overtakes nuclear as a global power source: report”

Solar has passed nuclear as a source of the world’s electricity. In 2025, solar plants produced 2,778 terawatt-hours (TWh), about 13 percent more than the world’s reactors. A decade earlier the picture was reversed: solar generated just 256 TWh , while nuclear produced roughly ten times that, at 2,576 TWh . Ember co-founder Dave Jones told the BBC the milestone was “pretty insane.” Solar output has been doubling about every three years, driven largely by China’s huge manufacturing base, whose…