Nearly 50% of public electricity generation in EU this month came from renewables,a record high. Overall, renewables accounted for 42.7% of electricity generation so far in 2023,with wind and solar together making up 26.4%
Nearly 50% of public electricity generation in EU this month came from renewables,a record high. Overall, renewables accounted for 42.7% of electricity generation so far in 2023,with wind and solar together making up 26.4%
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source:[https://energy-charts.info/charts/renewable_share/chart.htm?l=en&c=EU&interval=month&download-format=image%2Fjpeg&year=-1](https://energy-charts.info/charts/renewable_share/chart.htm?l=en&c=EU&interval=month&download-format=image%2Fjpeg&year=-1)
Slow and steady wins the game.
the good thing is not only that renewables keep breaking recor**ds,but also that the percentage they have on “bad months” is steadily going up**
Worst monthly % for renewables by year
* in 2017: 23.3%
* 2018 : 28.1%
* 2019: 30.5%
* 2020: 33.7%
* 2021: 30.8%
* 2022: 34.5%
* 2023 so far : 37.2%
yearly fluctuations are affected by recessions (2020) economic recoveries(2021),droughts(2022 and 2023) but the overall trend is strongly upwards
moreover,as solar and wind get bigger, changes in hydro generations due to weather conditions will have a smaller and smaller impact
Nuclear is low carbon but not renewable.
Steady gains 🙂
Meanwhile Poland looking at Germany, Germany looking at Poland…
I installed 20kw worth of solar panels this year. So….i contributed 😀
It’s the right direction, but just a reminder that electricity == energy. We are still far away from getting rid of fossil fuels.
Good job global warming 🎉
For the last few days, Nordic electricity generation has been ~95% renewables+nuke. The prices have been near zero for Nordics except Denmark and southern Sweden and Norway.
The bottlenecks of energy transfer capacity between Nordics and rest of Europe has definitely made good money for the transfer companies. The link between FI and EE has been burning red-hot with 100% capacity of 1GW for a while between the ~1€/MWh FI and occasional 120€/MWh EE. That means income of ~120000€ hourly! Of course, the price difference isn’t that dramatic all the time, but the link generated over a million € daily.
But those profits, by law, are earmarked towards expanding the energy infrastructure! The 2013 FI-EE EstLink2, with capacity of 650MW cost ~320M€. The planning for a new link, EstLink3, has started and is expected to complete before 2035, but considering the amount of money income currently available, should be completed way faster. That should help make the electricity markets better for renewables.