Bill McKibben Says Solar Power Is The Path To The Future - CleanTechnica

Bill McKibben, founder of the climate advocacy group 350.org and author of the upcoming book *Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization*, highlights the rapid and transformative growth of solar power as a hopeful sign in the fight against climate change. He notes that after decades of slow progress, solar energy capacity has recently surged, with the world installing terawatts of solar power at an unprecedented pace—equivalent to adding a coal-fired power plant’s worth of solar panels every 15 hours. This growth is outpacing all other energy sources, with fossil fuels generating less than half of U.S. electricity for the first time in March 2025. Globally, solar energy expansion is especially strong in China, Asia, Europe, and South America, making renewable energy an unstoppable trend despite political resistance. McKibben emphasizes that sunlight is the fundamental source of all life and energy on Earth, with enough solar energy hitting the planet daily