About this episode

This episode discusses the major developments in the global electricity sector as highlighted in Ember's Global Electricity Review for 2025.

The think tank Ember just released its yearly Global Electricity Review. In this episode, I chat with co-authors Nicolas Fulghum & Kostantsa Rangelova about the biggest stories in the global power sector in 2025. We geek out over the record-breaking scale of solar deployment, the game-changing role of batteries in shifting midday power to the evening, and the tantalizing possibility that India will not follow China’s coal-heavy development path and that global fossil fuel generation has finally plateaued. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.volts.wtf/subscribe

People in this episode

Host: David Roberts

Guests: Nicolas Fulghum, Kostantsa Rangelova

Topics covered

• electricity
• solar deployment
• batteries
• global power sector
• fossil fuel generation
• India's development path

Keywords

• electricity
• solar
• batteries
• fossil fuels
• India
• China
• power sector

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ember

Places: India, China

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