Solar vs. nuclear electricity generation
This chart compares global electricity generated from solar and nuclear power. It uses annual Ember generation data in terawatt-hours, showing actual output rather than installed capacity; similar totals do not imply similar reliability, economics, or grid value.
What does it show?
Annual solar generation has nearly caught up with nuclear power globally.
Methodology
Annual global electricity generation from Ember's Solar and Nuclear categories, shown in terawatt-hours without indexing or smoothing. The chart compares the convergence of the two annual series; it does not claim solar has overtaken nuclear before the published annual observations cross.