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Climate
Fourteen years of nothing. Then this.
From 2007 to 2021 the United States added 19 terawatt-hours of annual electricity demand — half a percent in fourteen years. Since 2021 it has added 343, more than Britain uses in a year.
Chartive Editorial
Climate
Wind and solar reached one-sixth of world electricity
Share of the world's electricity generated by wind and solar, 2000 to 2025. It has climbed from a rounding error to about one-sixth — and in 2025 solar edged past wind for the first time.
Daniel Okafor
Climate
Batteries got 99% cheaper
The price of lithium-ion battery cells has fallen from about $9,200 per kilowatt-hour in 1991 to under $80 in 2024 (in constant 2024 dollars) — the quiet engine behind cheap solar storage and electric cars.
Daniel Okafor
Climate
One in four new cars is now electric
Share of new cars sold worldwide that are electric — battery-electric or plug-in hybrid. In 2010 it was about 1 in 8,000; by 2025 roughly one in four new cars had a plug.
Chartive Editorial
Climate
Solar panels are about 500 times cheaper than in 1975
The price of a solar panel, per watt of capacity, has fallen 99.8% since 1975 — one of the fastest sustained cost declines of any technology.
Mara Ellison