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The study revealed that Europe’s electricity is 29% cleaner than in 2015.

Renewable energy production beat fossil fuels in Europe It’s now Europe’s main source of electricity Share this story Photo by Florian Gaertner / Photothek via Getty Images Renewable energy became the biggest source of electricity in the European Union in 2020, beating fossil fuels for the first time. Germany and Spain also hit that milestone individually last year — so did the UK, which officially left the EU in January 2020. Renewables powered 38 percent of electricity in the EU last y...

Renewables overtake gas and coal in EU electricity generation In 2020, wind, solar, hydropower and biomass supplied 38 percent of the EU’s electricity, according to an analysis by Ember and Agora Energiewende. Germany has the third highest share of renewables in the European Union. Europe recorded its greenest electricity year ever in 2020. For the first time, more electricity was generated from renewables than from fossil fuels. Renewables accounted for 38 percent...

Renewable energy surpassed fossil fuels for European electricity in 2020 CNN 1/25/2021 By Jazmin Goodwin, CNN Business © Bartek Sadowski/Bloomberg/Getty Images Emissions rise from smokestacks at the PKN Orlen SA oil refinery in Plock, Poland, on Friday, July 17, 2020. Polish refiner PKN Orlen won conditional European Union approval to buy rival Grupa Lotos SA after agreeing on a extensive commitments package designed to allay potential competition concerns. Photographer...