26/08/2024 (Agence Europe) – In 2022, solar energy overtook hard coal (carbon-based rock) in the EU’s electricity generation for the first time, with a total production of 210,249 GWh for solar energy compared to 205,693 GWh for hard coal, according to Eurostat in a publication dated 19 August. While Poland and the Czech Republic are the only two remaining producers of hard coal in the EU, imports increased in 2022, with a record dependency rate of 74.4%. This sharp increase is...