Feb 11, 2020 - Energy & Climate
Wind, solar power in Europe outpaces coal for the first time
Add Axios as your preferred source to
see more of our stories on Google.
Here's one thing that helped global emissions growth seemingly flatten: Wind and solar power combined outpaced coal-fired generation in the EU for the first time last year, a pair of think tanks said.
Why it matters: Energy transitions are notoriously slow — until they're not.
- The recent analysis from the U.K.-based Sandbag and Germany's Agora Energiewende found that coal-fired generation "collapsed" in the EU last year, falling 24%.
- "Only five years ago, the EU generated twice as much from coal as it did from wind and solar," a summary notes.
