Author: Unknown
Published on: 23/01/2025 | 00:00:00
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Clean energy sources provided a record 47 percent of European electricity last year, powering ahead of fossil fuels. A new report from Ember found that solar power achieved record growth to give Europe 11 percent of its electricity and overtook coal for the first time. These are important milestones towards achieving a European goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent relative to 1990 levels by 2030. Europe’s power sector emissions have now fallen to less than half their 2007 levels. United States is the world’s largest oil producer and exporter of liquefied natural gas (LPG) President Donald Trump declared a national energy emergency that would fast-track drilling and pipeline construction permits. He also signed an executive order temporarily freezing all US wind farms. US produced just 10 percent of its electricity from wind energy last year. US produced 17 percent in Europe and 29 percent in the UK. Ember believes Europe will continue to invest in autonomy. “Replacing fossil fuels in transport is harder, and in the heat sector still harder,” Professor Jonathan Stern said. The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 led to the creation of a fund designed to pull Europe out of recession.
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