Renewable energy sources overtook fossil fuels to become Europes primary source of electricity for the first year ever, according to EnAppSys. Their recently published annual report on the EU power market found that renewable energy generated 1,029 TWh (last year, equal to 37.5% of Europes electricity generation. 23.3% of generation cam from fossil fuels, and … Read more
The Finnish parliament approved on Wednesday a government proposal to ban the use of coal to produce energy from May 1, 2029, a parliamentary official said on Thursday. In the first nine months of 2018, coal represented eight percent of Finland’s total energy consumption, according to Statistics Finland data. For more details, read more here.
With the mayor’s signing of the Clean Energy D.C. Omnibus Act of 2018, Washington, D.C., has officially committed to transition to 100% renewable electricity by 2032. In addition to the requirement for electric utilities to source their supply from 100% renewable sources, the bill also does as follows: Increases fees on energy from sources including … Read more