WORLD - Renewable Energy Surpasses Coal

Renewable energy overtook coal as the world’s leading source of electricity in the first half of this year—a historic first, according to new data from the global energy think tank Ember.

In the US, electricity demand grew faster than clean energy output, increasing reliance on fossil fuels, while in the EU, months of weak wind and hydropower performance led to a rise in coal and gas generation.

In a separate report the IEA has halved its forecast for the growth of renewable energy in the US this decade. Last year, the agency predicted the US would add 500GW of new renewable capacity—mostly from solar and wind—by 2030. That has been cut back to 250GW.

Ember senior analyst Malgorzata Wiatros-Motyka said it “marks the beginning of a shift where clean power is keeping pace with demand growth.”

Solar power delivered the lion’s share of growth, meeting 83% of the increase in electricity demand. It has now been the largest source of new electricity globally for three years in a row.

Most solar generation (58%) is now in lower-income countries, many of which have seen explosive growth in recent years.

Sun belt nations—including much of Asia, Africa, and Latin America—need large amounts of electricity for daytime air conditioning. These countries can significantly reduce energy costs almost immediately by adopting solar-based systems, supported by increasingly affordable batteries that store energy from day to night.

But wherever you are in the world, China’s overwhelming dominance in clean tech industries remains unchallenged, other new data from Ember shows.

In August 2025, its clean tech exports hit a record $20bn, driven by surging sales of electric vehicles (up 26%) and batteries (up 23%). Together, China’s electric vehicles and batteries are now worth more than twice the value of its solar panel exports.

-www.bbc.com, 7 October 2025

Commentary: Without commercial electricity, the world would literally come to a standstill. In olden days, cooking on a wood stove or reading by a flickering flame was quite normal. For example, in the United States just 100 years ago, MrElectric.com reports: “In 1925, only half of American homes had electricity available. Thanks in great part to FDR’s Rural Electrification Act of 1936, by 1945 85% of American homes were powered by electricity.” Pew Research writes: “US centenaries projected to quadruple in number by 2054.” That means many people remember these “good old days,” which in actual fact were terrible days. Life expectancy in 1950 was 45.5 years; in 2025, the average is 70.4 years for the entire world population (and even higher in rich countries).

The most popular subject in the last few years is the environment. That issue is most certainly one of the major contributors to globalism. One nation depends on another; true independence is slowly marching toward its grave.

When it comes to renewable energy, there is no second guessing: Communist China is the absolute leader. The rest will and must follow. It’s not if but only when.

What type of message do we read prophetically? Simply stated, world unity. The goal, as documented thousands of years ago in Holy Scripture, is still the same and will lead to the fulfillment of Revelation 13, where we read: “and all the world wondered after the beast … And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him” (verses 3b, 8a). That is Antichrist.