Energy & Science
Renewables Beat Fossil Fuels in EU for First Time Last Year
- Renewables generated 38% of Europe’s electricity in 2020
- Renewable power will need to accelerate to meet climate goals
Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
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Renewables are for the first time the dominant power source in Europe’s electric grid.
In a year that saw pandemic restrictions sap energy demand across the continent, the drop in supply came mostly from more expensive power from fossil fuels. That helped green sources take the biggest share of the European Union’s generation, a portion that will keep growing as the bloc moves to achieve its climate goals.