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2018-09-30 14:57:36 UTC
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/09/international-energy-agency-predicts-wind-will-dominate-europes-grid-by-2027/
This week, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA)
told the Global Wind Summit that wind energy was likely to become Europe's
dominant energy source by 2027 and that it would grow from there.
Today, roughly 25 percent of the European Union's power currently comes from
nuclear sources, with coal and gas each delivering a little above 20 percent.
Wind constitutes 10 percent of the European Union's energy mix.
But by 2027, IEA's forecasts (PDF) put wind just beating all other electricity
sources with a 23-percent share of the energy mix. "Other Renewables" like
biomass plants contribute a little over 20 percent, gas adds 20 percent,
nuclear contributes just a little below 20 percent, and coal declines to just
over 10 percent. Solar energy contributes about six or seven percent in the
IEA's 2027 scenario.
This week, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA)
told the Global Wind Summit that wind energy was likely to become Europe's
dominant energy source by 2027 and that it would grow from there.
Today, roughly 25 percent of the European Union's power currently comes from
nuclear sources, with coal and gas each delivering a little above 20 percent.
Wind constitutes 10 percent of the European Union's energy mix.
But by 2027, IEA's forecasts (PDF) put wind just beating all other electricity
sources with a 23-percent share of the energy mix. "Other Renewables" like
biomass plants contribute a little over 20 percent, gas adds 20 percent,
nuclear contributes just a little below 20 percent, and coal declines to just
over 10 percent. Solar energy contributes about six or seven percent in the
IEA's 2027 scenario.