Global renewable power capacity reached 5,149 gigawatts by the end of 2025, after the world added a record 692 GW in a single year. That 15.5% jump meant renewables accounted for 85.6% of all new capacity added globally. Solar alone contributed around 510 GW of that growth, pushing total solar capacity to 2.39 TW, while wind added close to 159 GW.
That scale...