Germany leads in new wind power installations in Europe
German wind power expansion accounted for 44 percent of total capacity growth across Europe in 2016, Adam Vaughan reports for the Guardian. There was an 鈥渋ncreasingly small number of countries connecting serious amounts of new wind power鈥� in the EU. Germany 鈥� which already boasts three times more wind power than any other country in Europe 鈥� led the field, Vaughan writes. But despite the shrinking number of countries adding substantial wind power capacities, the total share of renewables in new power sources added to European electricity grids stood at almost 90 percent (21.1 gigawatt) last year, he explains. 鈥淲ind power overtook coal to become the EU鈥檚 second largest form of power capacity after gas,鈥� Vaughan writes, adding that the still-more dependable power source coal met a larger share of Europe鈥檚 electricity demand.
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For background, see the 威力彩玩法 dossier Germany鈥檚 energy transition in the European context.