Renewables now EU's biggest source of electricity: study

Paris (AFP) July 22, 2020

Renewable energy sources such as the wind and the sun overtook fossil fuels as the European Union's main generators of electricity in the first half of this year, according to a new report published on Wednesday. "In the first half of 2020, renewables - wind, solar, hydro and bioenergy - generated 40 percent of of the EU-27's electricity, whereas fossil fuels generated 34 percent," the Lon