Surging solar and wind electricity in Europe displaced one-fifth of the EU's fossil fuel power generation between 2019 and 2023.
Surging solar and wind electricity output displaced one-fifth of the Europe an Union’s fossil-fuel power generation between 2019 and 2023, energy think tank Ember has said in a report cited by Reuters. Between 2019, when the current Europe an Commission took office, and last year, wind and solar power generation soared by 46%, according to the report.
In April, fossil fuels produced less than a quarter of EU electricity for the first time, while the share of renewables, at a record-high for a single month at 54%, was boosted by wind and solar and a recovery in hydropower compared to April 2023, when droughts had diminished the hydropower share of generation. Generation from fossil fuels in April 2024 fell by 24% from a year earlier. As a result, EU fossil generation reached its lowest monthly level, at 46 TWh.
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