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From wind and solar 22% EU current in 2022, surpassed by gas

2023-01-30T15:47:17.033Z


(HANDLE) Wind and solar generated a fifth (22%) of the EU's electricity in 2022, overtaking gas (20%) for the first time, according to the European Electricity Review published today by energy think tank Ember. The share of power produced with coal has increased by just 1.5 percentage points to generate 16% of the EU's electricity in 2022, a year-on-year decline over the past four months. According to Emb


Wind and solar generated a fifth (22%) of the EU's electricity in 2022, overtaking gas (20%) for the first time, according to the European Electricity Review published today by energy think tank Ember.

The share of power produced with coal has increased by just 1.5 percentage points to generate 16% of the EU's electricity in 2022, a year-on-year decline over the past four months.



According to Ember's analysis, in 2022 Europe faced a triple crisis of the electricity sector.

Even as it scrambled to cut ties with its main supplier of fossil gas, it faced the lowest levels of hydroelectric and nuclear power in at least two decades, which created a deficit of 7% of the Europe's total electricity demand in 2022.



Record growth in wind and solar has helped ease the deficit in hydro and nuclear.

Solar generation has seen the fastest growth, with a record 39 TWh (+24%) in 2022 - almost double the previous record - which helped avoid €10 billion in gas costs.

Twenty EU countries set new solar energy records in 2022.



Electricity demand in the EU fell by 7.9% in the last quarter of 2022 compared to the same period of the previous year (-56 TWh), approaching to the 9.6% drop (-61 TWh) recorded in the second quarter of 2020, when the lockdowns were first imposed.



The latest industry indications suggest that in 2023 Europe's transition to wind and solar will accelerate in response to the energy crisis, while French hydro and nuclear will recover.

Ember estimates that electricity generation from fossil fuels could fall by 20% in 2023, double the previous record in 2020. Coal-fired generation will decline, but gas-fired generation, which is expected to remain more expensive than coal until at least to 2025, it will be the one that will decrease rapidly.

Source: ansa

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