SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) energy

Wind energy was Europe's third main source of electricity in 2015

Brussels, 09/02/2016 (Agence Europe) - With13 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity throughout the EU in 2015, wind accounted for 44% of all new power installations in the EU and contributed more electric production capacity than any other form of energy in Europe. With 142 GW of existing capacity it has subsequently become the third source of electricity production in the EU, according to the most recent report by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) published on Tuesday 9 February.

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