EMEA > Renewables overtake fossil fuels in EU power generation for first time -analysts

Renewables overtake fossil fuels in EU power generation for first time -analysts

Published 17:29 on July 22, 2020  /  Last updated at 13:01 on September 1, 2021  /  EMEA, EU ETS

Renewable electricity overtook fossil fuels in the first half of 2020 to account for the largest share of generation among the EU's 27 member states as coal-fired production shrank by a third, a report released on Wednesday found.
Renewable electricity overtook fossil fuels in the first half of 2020 to account for the largest share of generation among the EU's 27 member states as coal-fired production shrank by a third, a report released on Wednesday found.


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