{"id":8236,"date":"2018-02-12T04:10:33","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T04:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/renewables-overtake-coal-in-supplying-eu-electricity\/"},"modified":"2018-02-12T04:10:33","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T04:10:33","slug":"renewables-overtake-coal-in-supplying-eu-electricity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/renewables-overtake-coal-in-supplying-eu-electricity\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewables overtake coal in supplying EU electricity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"46.741245136187\">\n<article data-post-type=\"post\" data-post-id=\"550606\" readability=\"41\">\n<div id=\"attachment_139929\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"32\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/americans-blow-us-away-on-wind-power1.jpg?resize=1280%2C720&#038;ssl=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/plugins\/ventra-lazy-load\/images\/1x1.trans.gif?ssl=1\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/americans-blow-us-away-on-wind-power1.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/americans-blow-us-away-on-wind-power1-640x360.jpg 640w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/americans-blow-us-away-on-wind-power1-1062x598.jpg 1062w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/americans-blow-us-away-on-wind-power1-320x180.jpg 320w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/americans-blow-us-away-on-wind-power1-531x299.jpg 531w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/americans-blow-us-away-on-wind-power1-600x338.jpg 600w\" class=\"size-full wp-image-139929 lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-139929 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/americans-blow-us-away-on-wind-power1.jpg?resize=1280%2C720&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/americans-blow-us-away-on-wind-power1.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/americans-blow-us-away-on-wind-power1-640x360.jpg 640w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/americans-blow-us-away-on-wind-power1-1062x598.jpg 1062w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/americans-blow-us-away-on-wind-power1-320x180.jpg 320w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/americans-blow-us-away-on-wind-power1-531x299.jpg 531w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/americans-blow-us-away-on-wind-power1-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHOTO: KAREN BLEIER \/ AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A new analysis by Sandbag and Agora Energiewende shows that the European Union generated more electricity from renewable sources such as wind, solar and biomass than coal in 2017, with renewables accounting for over 30per cent of Europe\u2019s electricity for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Wind, solar and biomass generation surpassing coal is \u201cincredible progress\u201d, says the report, not least because coal power generation was more than twice that of wind, solar and biomass just five years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The study titled \u201cEuropean Power Sector\u00a0in 2017\u201d suggests that Germany and the United Kingdom are leading the onward march of renewable technologies as both have contributed to 56per cent of the growth in renewables in the past three years (2014-2017).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEU renewables growth has been increasingly reliant on the success story of wind in Germany, the UK and Denmark, which has been inspiring. If all countries in Europe engage in this, 35per cent <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/the-benefits-of-solar-roofing-for-your-home\/\">renewable energy<\/a> by 2030 is entirely possible. Solar deployment in particular is still surprisingly low, and needs to respond to the massive falls in costs,\u201d said Matthias Buck Director of European Energy Policy, Agora Energiewende.<\/p>\n<p>The growing share of renewables in the continent\u2019s energy mix is set to further bolster global climate action in line with the central goal of the Paris Agreement, which is to keep the rise in global average temperatures well below 2 degrees Celsius and as close as possible to 1.5 degrees. Power generation from renewable sources is crucial to reducing carbon emissions and achieving the temperature goal.<\/p>\n<p>The study notes that good wind conditions and huge investment into wind plants led to a massive 19per cent increase in wind generation in 2017 \u2013 two-thirds of this was in Germany and the UK. However, solar power generation grew only by 8perc ent despite huge recent price falls.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p>\t\t\t<br class=\"clear\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<br class=\"clear\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a hre=\"http:\/\/guardian.ng\/property\/renewables-overtake-coal-in-supplying-eu-electricity\/\"> Guardian <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHOTO: KAREN BLEIER \/ AFP\/Getty Images A new analysis by Sandbag and Agora Energiewende shows that &hellip; <a title=\"Renewables overtake coal in supplying EU electricity\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/renewables-overtake-coal-in-supplying-eu-electricity\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Renewables overtake coal in supplying EU electricity<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8237,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[524,41],"class_list":["post-8236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opportunities-in-new-markets","tag-continent","tag-property"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3650,"url":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/walking-trails-overtake-golf-communities\/","url_meta":{"origin":8236,"position":0},"title":"Walking Trails Overtake Golf Communities","author":"Amazing Property","date":"April 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"A golf course is no longer the showpiece of a master-planned community. 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