Global Energy Supply Rose 1.4 Percent in 2025 as Renewables Grew but Fossil Fuels Still Supplied 86 Percent

The Energy Institute released the 2026 Statistical Review of World Energy on July 6, 2026, in partnership with Ember and in collaboration with KPMG and Kearney. Global total energy supply increased from 592.2 exajoules in 2024 to 600.3 exajoules in 2025, a rise of 1.4 percent, OilPrice.com reported. Renewable energy grew nearly 10 percent and added 3.2 exajoules.

Global renewables reached a record 35.4 exajoules. Fossil fuel supply rose by 4.6 exajoules and accounted for more than half the total increase in energy supply, OilPrice.com reported. Fossil fuels supplied about 86 percent of global energy in 2025.

Global energy demand rose 1.4 percent, and renewables covered only a fraction of that growth. North America accounted for 47 percent of the world's emissions increase. U.S. emissions climbed 3.2 percent while U.S.

Coal-fired power generation jumped 13 percent. U.S. solar generation grew more than 28 percent. The Statistical Review was previously published for more than 70 years by BP.