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The EU's share of electricity from fossil fuels has fallen from 41.1% to 27.6% in the last two years, suggesting the EU's goal of eliminating fossil fuel electricity by 2035 is reachable. (ember-climate.org)
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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I always thought it would be good to leave some traditional power plants just in case

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Germany's is subsiding its natgas plants to shift to burning hydrogen, along with subsiding new hydrogen only plants.

Since hydrogen burns clean and you can make it with renewables and store it for later, they will have exactly that.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

That's pretty smart. Combine that with nuclear and you will be solid