2026 World Energy Statistics Yearbook: Solar Power Accounts for 70% of Global Supply Growth

KPMG released the 2026 World Energy Statistics Yearbook, which shows that global energy supply first exceeded 600 exajoules in 2025. Renewable energy became the largest source of growth in total energy supply for the first time outside of an economic recession, with solar power contributing 71% of the incremental increase. Solar generation surpassed wind power as the largest renewable source and nearly matched nuclear power, marking a structural shift from clean energy supplementing fossil fuels to clean energy increasingly replacing them. However, absolute fossil fuel consumption continues to expand and remains dominant at 86% of total energy supply, with all energy consumption hitting record highs.