Global renewable energy just hit a milestone—and a wall. (Semafor)
In the first half of this year, wind and solar met all of the world’s new electricity demand, edging out coal for the first time ever, according to Ember.
Most of the gains came from China and India, where renewables are scaling at record speed.
The IEA now expects global renewable capacity to more than double by 2030…but slashed its US forecast by nearly 50% after President Trump’s clean energy rollback.