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Europe Made More Electricity from Solar Than Coal In 2024
Long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shared this report from the Guardian: More electricity was made from sunshine than coal in the EU last year, a report has found, in what analysts called a "milestone" for the clean energy transition. Solar panels generated 11% of the EU's electricity in 2024, whil...
The share of coal in Germany's electricity grid fell 17% year-on-year, while in Poland it dropped8%, the report found. Fossil gas also fell for the fifth year in a row, declining in 14 of the 26 countries, according to the article, and now accounting for just 16% of the electricity mix. "The findings come despite a small increase in electricity demand after two years of steep decline brought on by Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine."
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