In 2022, the EU for the first time received more energy from renewable sources than from gas flaring. This is evidenced by the report of the analytical center Ember on climate policy of the European Union, according to DW..

According to analysts' estimates, solar and wind energy accounted for about 22% of electricity produced in the EU last year.. This is more than ever before, analysts say. Gas flaring contributed about 20% - one percentage point less than in 2021.

EU countries produced 203 terawatt-hours of solar energy in 2022, up 24% from a year earlier. According to analysts, this saved about 10 billion euros in gas purchases.. Wind power provided the EU with 420 terawatt-hours of energy - 33 terawatt-hours more than in 2021.

Germany received the most energy from renewable sources among EU countries in 2022 - 126 terawatt hours from wind power and 59 terawatt hours from solar. However, the share of green energy in the total energy mix is \u200b\u200blarger in some EU countries.. In particular, according to analysts, solar energy provides 14 percent of the total electricity production in the Netherlands and 13 percent each in Greece and Hungary.. In Germany, for example, this figure is about 10 percent..

Wind power provides more than 50 percent of energy generation in Denmark, about 40 percent in Lithuania and about 35 percent in Ireland. In Germany, this figure is about 20%.. Germany, together with Spain and Poland, achieved the greatest progress in the development of solar energy in 2022. Germany, Poland and Sweden have made the most progress in wind energy.

According to analysts, it was the crisis that accelerated the transition to green energy.

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In his opinion, the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and the reduction in Russian gas supplies forced many countries to look for alternative energy sources..

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