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Day: April 14, 2025

These countries are leading the solar energy revolution

A photo of a parking lot covered in solar panels in the US, which now gets more power from wind and solar than from coal.

More than one in five countries now get at least 10% of their electricity directly from the sun.

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Wind boom helps Finland join the growing list of countries quitting coal power

A photo of Finland's coal-fired Salmisaari power plant, which was shut on 1 April 2025.

In recent years, Austria, Sweden, Portugal and the UK have fully phased out coal generators.

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