Brussels, 03/06/2024 (Agence Europe) – In a new publication published on Monday 3 June, the specialist think-tank Ember analyses that the increase in wind and solar generation (+226 TWh, +46%) was sufficient to replace a fifth of the EU’s fossil-fired generation between 2019 and 2023. Following the approval of the ‘European Green Deal’, the EU has profoundly transformed its electricity sector. Since 2019, wind power capacity has increased by 31% (from 167 to 219 GW), while solar capacity has jumped by 113% (from 120 to 257 GW). The share of wind and solar power in the EU’s electricity mix has risen from 17% in 2019 to more than a quarter in 2023 (27%). At the same time, fossil-fired generation fell by 22% (-247 TWh) over the same period, with sharp declines in coal and gas production. To see the Ember study: https://aeur.eu/f/ci4 (PLD)