Renewables produce more energy in the EU than fossil fuels in May
- 31% of electricity has been produced by wind and photovoltaic and 27% by fossil fuels. Renewables have broken this brand for the first time.
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.
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