Solar Has Overtaken Nuclear in the Global Power Mix
Last year, solar power quietly overtook nuclear power in the global energy mix. This is a stunning feat when you consider that just a decade ago, in 2015, global solar generation amounted to just 256 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2015, while global nuclear power generated ten-fold that amount at 2,576 TWh. And solar didn’t just overtake nuclear power in 2025; it surpassed it by a wide margin, producing 13 percent more energy worldwide. "[Solar] generating more electricity than all the world's nuclear power plants is a pretty insane…
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same finding that solar overtook nuclear in the global power mix, with no conflicting facts visible in the excerpt.
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