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by melling 949 days ago
People like these small wins.

Population of Portugal is 10.5 million people.

We have such a long way to go.

Global fossil fuel will hopefully peak by the end of the decade.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/world-oil-gas-coal-d...

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> People like these small wins.

And for good reason, it proves wrong the mainstream thinking that this is impossible. Quite a few countries already run the full year over 90% renewable[1] and we still neglect it with all kind of excuses.

[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_renewab...

We still neglect what? There is incredible pressure to build renewables.
Ask the countries that keep building coal and gas power plants, polluting the only planet we have.
If only they all listened to you! I don't have all the answers but a few of the ones I researched that are being built are needed to ensure people have heating through the winter in the next 3-7 years until reliable other solutions appear.
Sort that by percent of renewables and then check the hydro.

If you have lots of hydro you can have 90% plus renewables.

a lot of data there is pre-covid, would be interesting to see what’s happening today - especially in Europe, with the consequences of the Russia-Ukraine war on energy markets.
This contains data up to Jun 2023 for the EU.

https://ember-climate.org/insights/research/eu-fossil-genera...

"The first half of 2023 saw a collapse in EU fossil generation, leading to the lowest output on record. Wind and solar continued their growth, with solar generation increasing by 13% and wind by 5%. Hydro and nuclear are recovering from their historic lows in 2022, though their long term outlook is uncertain."

The section "Wind and solar are leading the renewables charge" has graphs for each EU country showing H1 TWh generation by either fossil or renewables.

thanks!