for Portugal, a large part of the decline in fossil fuels is due to more hydro , both due to nearly record rainfall and also due to a new hydro dam (1,158 MW capacity Tamega dam )
but wind and solar also took a bite in the share of fossil fuels
>Solar power generated an average share of 13.3% of Portugal’s electricity so far this year, up from 10.6% in 2023, while wind farms accounted for an average share of 33.1%, up from 32.6% in January-July 2023
for a combined share of wind+solar of 46.6% so far this year
dollarhouse on
How crazy ‘fossil fuel’ sounds when you think about it. Dead dinosaurs powering our cars and power plants. But then again, isn’t this zero CO2 fuel then?
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as you can see, France performs the best in the list and among the best in the world when it comes to the share of clean electricity
obviously nuclear plays the most important role, no one denies it
problem is that nuclear is too expensive for most countries and compared to coal and gas
this is why the share of nuclear has been going down every year around the world
* in 2000, nuclear provided 16.63% of global electricity
* in 2010, it was down to 12.82%
* in 2023 it was down to just 9.11%
nuclear is still growing in absolute terms ,just far slower than the rest
solar and wind meanwhile went from
* 0.2 % globally in 2000
* ,to 2 % in 2010,
* to 13.35% in 2023
* and are projected to cross 15% this year
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source: [https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/europes-savvy-new-clean-energy-champion-maguire-2024-08-16/](https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/europes-savvy-new-clean-energy-champion-maguire-2024-08-16/)
for Portugal, a large part of the decline in fossil fuels is due to more hydro , both due to nearly record rainfall and also due to a new hydro dam (1,158 MW capacity Tamega dam )
but wind and solar also took a bite in the share of fossil fuels
>Solar power generated an average share of 13.3% of Portugal’s electricity so far this year, up from 10.6% in 2023, while wind farms accounted for an average share of 33.1%, up from 32.6% in January-July 2023
for a combined share of wind+solar of 46.6% so far this year
How crazy ‘fossil fuel’ sounds when you think about it. Dead dinosaurs powering our cars and power plants. But then again, isn’t this zero CO2 fuel then?
as you can see, France performs the best in the list and among the best in the world when it comes to the share of clean electricity
obviously nuclear plays the most important role, no one denies it
problem is that nuclear is too expensive for most countries and compared to coal and gas
this is why the share of nuclear has been going down every year around the world
* in 2000, nuclear provided 16.63% of global electricity
* in 2010, it was down to 12.82%
* in 2023 it was down to just 9.11%
nuclear is still growing in absolute terms ,just far slower than the rest
solar and wind meanwhile went from
* 0.2 % globally in 2000
* ,to 2 % in 2010,
* to 13.35% in 2023
* and are projected to cross 15% this year
[https://ember-climate.org/](https://ember-climate.org/)
i would be happy if nuclear was a solution embraced by countries around the world, but barely anyone is installing new nuclear capacity anymore
even China installs 30 times more solar than nuclear so far this year
Full primary energy usage would have been better. Show the whole picture!
Gigachad Venezuela decided to save climate by missing the only 100 year timeframe to pump dry the biggest oil reservoir of the world.
I hope it hurts the OPEC at least a bit. But I suppose they already have more cash than they will ever need.