Renewables continue to grow across Europe Mikel Bilbao/VWPics/Redux / eyevine
The amount of electricity generated by renewables in Europe has for the first time outpaced supplies coming from coal sources, .
Wind, solar and biomass generation supplied 679 terawatt hours, says climate policy campaign group Sandbag, which published a review of the European energy market today. Coal, on the other hand, contributed a little less than that in total – at 669 terawatt hours.
Just five years ago, coal generation was twice that of renewables in the region.
There has also been a dramatic…
