{"id":3509132,"date":"2024-01-11T08:54:17","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T07:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalfactor.com\/?p=3509132"},"modified":"2024-01-11T08:55:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T07:55:22","slug":"austria-boasts-europes-second-greenest-power-sector-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalfactor.com\/en\/austria-boasts-europes-second-greenest-power-sector-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Austria boasts Europe\u2019s second-greenest power sector in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1372.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"text-align: justify; \">Austria generated 87% of its power from renewable sources in 2023 following record years of solar panel expansion, putting it behind Luxembourg in the EU rankings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; \">Much of Austria\u2019s electricity has traditionally come from hydropower, thanks to dozens of large plants along the country\u2019s rivers. In recent years, however, additional power from \u2018new\u2019 renewables such as wind and solar has helped to expand conventional structures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; \">In 2023, 87% of Austrian power was generated from renewables, Austria\u2019s Environment Ministry said on Friday, up from 78% in 2022.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; \">Only Luxembourg performed better at 89%, while Lithuania ranked third at 81%.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; \">The government attributed the big change to a significant boost from solar power, which more than doubled to provide 4.4% of the country\u2019s electricity. Wind turbines also now generate more than 15% of electricity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; \">By 2030, Austria hopes to generate 100% of its electricity from renewable sources. The countr<span style=\"color: var(--awb-text-color); font-family: var(--awb-text-font-family); font-size: var(--awb-font-size); font-style: var(--awb-text-font-style); font-weight: var(--awb-text-font-weight); letter-spacing: var(--awb-letter-spacing); text-align: var(--awb-content-alignment); text-transform: var(--awb-text-transform); background-color: var(--awb-bg-color-hover);\">y has also become a model for the sector in Brussels, setting up an informal \u201cFriends of Renewables\u201d group for EU countries with nearly a dozen member states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"color: var(--awb-text-color); font-family: var(--awb-text-font-family); font-size: var(--awb-font-size); font-style: var(--awb-text-font-style); font-weight: var(--awb-text-font-weight); letter-spacing: var(--awb-letter-spacing); text-align: var(--awb-content-alignment); text-transform: var(--awb-text-transform); background-color: var(--awb-bg-color-hover);\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"color: var(--awb-text-color); font-family: var(--awb-text-font-family); font-size: var(--awb-font-size); font-style: var(--awb-text-font-style); letter-spacing: var(--awb-letter-spacing); text-align: var(--awb-content-alignment); text-transform: var(--awb-text-transform); background-color: var(--awb-bg-color-hover);\"><b>Source<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: var(--awb-text-color); font-family: var(--awb-text-font-family); font-size: var(--awb-font-size); font-style: var(--awb-text-font-style); font-weight: var(--awb-text-font-weight); letter-spacing: var(--awb-letter-spacing); text-align: var(--awb-content-alignment); text-transform: var(--awb-text-transform); background-color: var(--awb-bg-color-hover);\">: Euractiv<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate change news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3508547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3509132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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