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 ...