Europe boosts the renewables



This year, renewable energy sources such as, the wind and the sun, overtook fossil fuels (according to a new report published on Wednesday).

"In the first half of 2020, renewables (wind, solar, hydro and bioenergy) generated 40% of the EU-27's electricity, whereas fossil fuels generated 34%,".

Ember stated that the amount of electricity generated by renewables in the EU's 27 member states rose by 11% in the period from January to June. [...]

Wind and solar alone reached a record of 21% of Europe's total electricity generation, and reached even higher penetration in Denmark (64 percent), Ireland (49%) and Germany (42%), the study said.


Fossil fuels, on the other hand, fell by 18 percent, squeezed both by rising renewable generation and a seven-percent fall in electricity demand due to the coronavirus pandemic.

As a result, the EU-27 power sector's emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) fell by about 23%, according to Ember.

"This marks a symbolic moment in the transition of Europe's electricity sector," said Ember's electricity analyst, Dave Jones.

"Renewables generated more electricity than fossil fuels, driven by wind and solar replacing coal. That's fast progress from just nine years ago when fossil fuels generated twice as much as renewables."

[...] "For the first time ever, Germany generated less coal-fired electricity than Poland. Coal also fell in other countries faster than Poland, so that Poland now generates as much coal generation as the remaining 25 EU countries combined," Ember said.






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