This means that CO2 emissions from electricity fell by nine percent in just one year. Now the emissions are less than half of what they were when they reached the peak in 2007. It is not that the current magically has turned completely green. Last year, electricity production in the EU expired nearly 600 million tonnes of greenhouse gases. Nevertheless, this is 630 million fewer tonnes than less than 20 years ago. Solar energy is growing in all countries 17 European countries still have coal power plants – and in 16 of the 17 countries coal consumption decreased. It is good for both climate and public health, as coal is the most climate -related fuel, and at the same time particle pollution is very harmful to humans. Particle pollution – not only from coal, but also from cars, agriculture, factories and the like – kills 350,000 Europeans each year. Every time we reduce fossil fuels, it gets better for our lungs. Fortunately, the use of coal now falls now in most of these countries. At the same time, solar energy is growing in all EU countries. It is not just the rich countries or the continent’s climate ions that set up solar panels. In Poland, which has more than one -third of the power consumption from coal energy, solar energy has gone from zero percent of the current five years ago to nine percent today. This means that they have gone from zero to almost a tenth. It is a big and rapid growth. In addition, coal use in the country decreases. Furthermore, solar energy rises sharply in Lithuania, Bulgaria, Austria, Cyprus, Spain, Portugal and Greece. However, first place when it comes to solar energy, actually goes … Hungary, where a quarter of the current is now from solar panels. Even faster will continue to go with the green change, Ember emphasizes. But over the five years since the EU’s green growth strategy came into being, the development has been impressive, the experts write.
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