THIS IS A HUGE ACHIEVEMENT:
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THIS IS A HUGE ACHIEVEMENT:
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from Nat Bullard and data from Ember.
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@janrosenow This is a great news but relative measurements tend to hide the fact that fossil energy consumption does not reduce that fast: we just now consume MORE energy.
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@borisschapira @janrosenow Do we? The sum in 2018 is roughly 1600 TWh, now it's 1474 TWh.
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@sesivany @borisschapira @janrosenow The goal should not be not reduce the total amount of electrical energy, but replace overall diesel/petrol/gas for transport/heat/industry with something that uses cheap electricity.
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@sesivany @borisschapira @janrosenow I would like something like https://mastodon.energy/@janrosenow/113074610160041625 where the total amount of energy (in Joule) consumed in Europe is illustrated. Maybe the size of boxes should better illustrate the amount of energy fossil represent.
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@aslakr @borisschapira @janrosenow Even that wouldn't give you full picture. You'd also have to take deindustrialization into account. If someone closes a factory in Europe and moves it to e.g. China, it's a net energy saving for Europe, but nothing positive for the climate in total.
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@sesivany @aslakr @borisschapira @janrosenow China? You mean the single country most responsible for the solar PV rollout last year?
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@ariaflame @sesivany @aslakr @borisschapira @janrosenow …and also the country responsible for 95% of new coal…
China responsible for 95% of new coal power construction in 2023, report says - Carbon Brief
China accounted for 95% of the world’s new coal power construction activity in 2023, according to the Global Energy Monitor.
Carbon Brief (www.carbonbrief.org)