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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12771

29 July 2021
SECTORAL POLICIES / Energy
Emissions from Europe’s power sector fell by 12% in first half of 2021, according to Ember
Brussels, 28/07/2021 (Agence Europe)

Although the European Union’s electricity demand has almost returned to pre-pandemic levels, CO2 emissions from the European electricity sector were down 12% in the first half of 2021 compared to the same period in 2019 (before the Covid-19 pandemic), says a report published by the think tank Ember on 28 July. 

The cause: the continued rise in renewable energy (+11% between the first half of 2019 and the first half of 2021), itself largely due to structural growth in wind and solar...

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