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86 Percent of New Power in Europe From Renewable Sources in 2016 (theguardian.com)
Renewable energy sources made up nearly nine-tenths of new power added to Europe's electricity grids last year, in a sign of the continent's rapid shift away from fossil fuels. From a report on The Guardian: But industry leaders said they were worried about the lack of political support beyond 2020, when binding EU renewable energy targets end. Of the 24.5GW of new capacity built across the EU in 2016, 21.1GW -- or 86% -- was from wind, solar, biomass and hydro, eclipsing the previous high-water mark of 79% in 2014. For the first time windfarms accounted for more than half of the capacity installed, the data from trade body WindEurope showed. Wind power overtook coal to become the EU's second largest form of power capacity after gas, though due to the technology's intermittent nature, coal still meets more of the blocâ(TM)s electricity demand.
Nice spin on the fact, that Europe continues to build non-renewable power-generation as well.
In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.
"...support beyond 2020, when binding EU renewable energy targets end"
Not much point in worrying about that, the EU is failing and likely to be dismantled before the political support of individual countries goes away. Once countries in the EU separate there is little chance that the move towards renewables will stop. The reason being that people are behind it, believe it not some people want to ensure their children don't inherit a basket case planet.
Snowden claims to have actual evidence that it's a CIA plot. That's what he told Der Spiegel. And that top NOAA scientist just leaked that they fudged the temp records to scare people for the Paris conference. I guess we'll have to see which "facts" are alternate, and which are not.