05/01/2021 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday, 5 January, German think tank Agora Energiewende indicated that, in 2020, German wind turbines supplied more electricity than the country’s coal-fired power plants for the first time. According to this organisation, Germany’s gas, coal, and nuclear power plants supplied only 50% of Germany’s electricity in 2020, a 6% decrease. However, the share of renewable energies reached 45% of the generation mix. These good results for renewables are mainly due to an increase in photovoltaics and offshore wind turbines as well as favourable weather conditions. The country’s emissions fell significantly as a result of Covid-19, reaching a reduction of 42.3% compared to 1990. Agora Energiewende points out that, although Berlin thus surpassed the target of a 40% reduction in emissions that it set for 2020, the drop would have only been 37.8% without the Covid-19 effect. (DG)