Chemist Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 Europe’s most remarkable response to Russia’s war on Ukraine hasn’t been marshaling military equipment and billions of euros in aid. It’s been the unprecedented speed of an energy transition that in one year has nearly eliminated its dependence on Russian fossil fuels in an attempt to strangle the key source of funding for President Vladimir Putin’s war machine. Matters could have been worse, if it weren’t for Europe’s transition to clean energy that had begun in earnest years ago. That’s one reason why, even as the bloc prioritized any source of energy that was not Russian, emissions in 2022 decreased slightly rather than increasing What the past year has shown is that it’s possible to go harder and faster in deploying solar panels and batteries, reducing energy use, and permanently swapping out entrenched sources of fossil fuel. Solar installations across Europe increased by a record 40-gigawatts last year, up 35% compared with 2021, just shy of the most optimistic scenario from researchers at BloombergNEF. That jump was driven primarily by consumers who saw cheap solar panels as a way to cut their own energy bills. It essentially pushed the solar rollout ahead by a few years, hitting a level that will be sustained by EU policies. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-02-21/ukraine-news-europe-ditches-russia-fossil-fuels-with-surprising-speed?sref=5SMfaiHw
Sombre Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 It's unfortunate what is happening in Ukraine but at least some good is coming out of the war. Clean energy AND f*cking Russia up? Yum.
Zaram Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 1 hour ago, Sombre said: It's unfortunate what is happening in Ukraine but at least some good is coming out of the war. Clean energy AND f*cking Russia up? Yum. Girl
AM98GJ Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 period, green is the future!! wish there was even more of a push from govt but seeing how cheap wind energy has become in the last few years and the impact here int eh UK has been amazing
Illuminati Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 3 hours ago, Sombre said: Clean energy AND f*cking Russia up? Yum.
byzantium Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 Too bad China is more than happy to buy Russia’s energy.
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