Available energy from coal continued its downward trend during 2020 in the European Union, recording a fall of 18.3%, Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office said in a statement published on 1 February.
Declining for the fifth year in a row, the use of coal fell by 40% compared to 2015. As a result, the share of coal in the EU’s energy mix barely exceeded 10% in 2020, compared to 25.7% in 1990.
Renewable energy and biofuels continued their upward trend. The share of renewables in the...