19/10/2022 (Agence Europe) – Thanks to a record increase in wind and solar capacity, the European Union was able to save €11 billion between March and September 2022, avoiding the need to import an additional 8 billion cubic metres (bcm) of fossil gas, according to a report published by the NGO Ember and the think tank E3G on Tuesday 18 October. During these seven months, wind and solar provided a record 24% of the EU’s electricity, following an unprecedented 13% (+39 TWh) increase in capacity compared to the same period last year. Ember and E3G estimate that the wind and solar capacity currently installed in the EU has avoided 70 bcm of gas imports since the start of Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine, amounting to €99 billion saved. See the report: https://aeur.eu/f/3oi (DG)