Renewable Energy 44.7% of EU Electricity Production in 2023 — Now #1! - CleanTechnica
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Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Eurostat has now released electricity data from 2023, and it shows that 44.7% of EU electricity production came from renewable energy sources last year!* Fossil gas (aka “natural gas”) production was down, a lot. ... [continued]

Looking at production stats for 2023 vs. 2022:

  • Electricity production from fossil fuels decreased by 19.7%, to 0.88 million gigawatt-hours (GWh), or 32.5% of total EU electricity production.
  • Electricity production from renewables increased by 12.4%, to 1.21 million gigawatt-hours (GWh), or 44.7% of total EU electricity production.
  • Electricity production from nuclear energy increased by 1.2%, to 0.62 million gigawatt-hours (GWh), or 22.8% of total EU electricity production.