The share of fossile fuels has decreased from 51,66% in 2000 to 36,97% in 2020.
All that investment in solar hasn’t done much. Wind however has been kicking some ass.
Why did gas suddenly bounce back massively around 2014? Looks like coal is just getting replaced by another fossil fuel.
So nice to see coal dropping. And nice to see wind and solar kicking ass! Not great gas is increasing, ofc
Why is hydropower varying quite a bit year to year? Should that not be pretty consistent?
Nice, although it is a bit misleading to focus solely on electricity. Compare, for example with [Europe’s energy sources](https://www.iea.org/regions/europe#data-browser), which is a bit more comprehensive yet still insufficient as this does not account for *grey energy*, which makes for a good third of our total energy bill.
Also, what’s the point in rehosting a picture of the graph ? Imho, it would have been better to share the link instead of putting it in comments : *Reddit* is made for sharing links, first and foremost.
Please keep nuclear where it is for as long as possible or at least till renewables overtake it
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[Source](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-elec-by-source?country=~EU-27)
The share of fossile fuels has decreased from 51,66% in 2000 to 36,97% in 2020.
All that investment in solar hasn’t done much. Wind however has been kicking some ass.
Why did gas suddenly bounce back massively around 2014? Looks like coal is just getting replaced by another fossil fuel.
So nice to see coal dropping. And nice to see wind and solar kicking ass! Not great gas is increasing, ofc
Why is hydropower varying quite a bit year to year? Should that not be pretty consistent?
Nice, although it is a bit misleading to focus solely on electricity. Compare, for example with [Europe’s energy sources](https://www.iea.org/regions/europe#data-browser), which is a bit more comprehensive yet still insufficient as this does not account for *grey energy*, which makes for a good third of our total energy bill.
Also, what’s the point in rehosting a picture of the graph ? Imho, it would have been better to share the link instead of putting it in comments : *Reddit* is made for sharing links, first and foremost.
Please keep nuclear where it is for as long as possible or at least till renewables overtake it
It is interesting to see Germany in it!
https://www.cleanenergywire.org/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_image/public/paragraphs/images/fig2a-gross-power-production-germany-1990-2020-source.png?itok=i-kda7MS