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Breakthrough of the Year: Renewable Energy Begins to Eclipse Fossil Fuel-Based Sources

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Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year. Since the Industrial Revolution, humanity has relied on fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas for energy. Carbon emissions from these finite resources have greatly contributed to accelerated climate warming. However, 2025 marked a significant shift in this paradigm as renewable energy generated from the Sun and wind began to surp…

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The US journal "Science" has named the global upswing of renewable energies "Breakthrough of the Year 2025". For the first time in history, more electricity was generated from sources such as the sun and wind than from coal in 2025.

·Berlin, Germany
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Renewable energy from solar and wind generation grows faster than global energy demand in 2025, with China as the driving force behind change and despite structural challenges still to be addressed. Electricity demand is increasing worldwide, but solar and wind energy growth was so strong that it covered 100% of additional electricity demand, contributing even to a slight decrease in the use of coal and gas. However, headlines are said to hide a…

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The "seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy" is the biggest breakthrough of the past year, according to a leading American...

·Amsterdam, Netherlands
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The scientific journal Science has published its special issue in which it analyzes the scientific advances that have occurred during the year 2025. Its cover is the "unstoppable" advance of renewable energies, especially that of sunlight, and the role of China as a world power in the production not only of this energy source, but of the technologies that are needed to make use of it.

·Madrid, Spain
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Science broke the news in on Thursday, December 18, 2025.
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