What never happened in May has happened: renewables have produced more electricity than fossil fuels. According to the Ember group, renewables account for 31% of energy and fossil fuels 27%. Sarah Brown, European leader of Ember, said: “Clean energy will keep breaking records.”

Photovoltaic energy has produced between 14% and 27 TWh of electricity, beating last year’s brand, and wind with 17% or 32 TWh, which has not hit the record but has had good production. In January the wind reached its peak with 54 TWh.

Fossil fuels are becoming less and less used as a source of electricity. Coal contains the smallest data ever, 10 percent. Gas production has also had the lowest production since 2018, with 15% production in May. The United Nations calls for this line to be followed to mitigate the effects of climate change.