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Wind and solar cut 20% of EU fossil generation since 2019

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The shift to a system backed by wind and solar is evident across the EU’s Member States. The largest wind and solar capacity additions came from Germany (+42 GW, +38%), which added 22% of new capacity to the EU total, and Spain (+25 GW, +69%), which contributed 13%. Whilst these two countries led the way, strong progress was made across the region.

More than half of the 27 Member States have at least doubled, and in many cases more than tripled, their wind and solar capacity from 2019 to 2023. Together these 14 countries, which exclude Germany and Spain, have added 74 GW of new wind and solar, representing 39% of the total EU capacity increase since 2019. This includes countries with relatively limited installed capacity as of 2019, such as Slovenia, which added 800 MW to reach 1 GW in 2023. But it also includes the bigger power system of the Netherlands, which added 23 GW to triple its wind and solar capacity to reach 35 GW in 2023.

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