Poland's Clean Energy Usage Overtakes Coal For First Time (ft.com)
(Monday July 07, 2025 @11:23AM (msmash)
from the moving-forward dept.)
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- News link: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/07/07/1524200/polands-clean-energy-usage-overtakes-coal-for-first-time
- Source link: https://www.ft.com/content/ae920241-597e-49d9-a4b9-bfdfa9deabb6
Poland generated more electricity from renewables than coal [1]for the first time in June, marking a key moment in the country's efforts to cut its reliance on the most polluting fossil fuel. From a report:
> The shift comes as Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government accelerates efforts to diversify energy production in Poland, which despite recent progress remains a major producer of coal and the most coal-dependent country in the EU, with about 60 per cent of its electricity coming from the fossil fuel in 2024.
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> Last month renewable energy sources accounted for 44.1 per cent of Poland's electricity mix, narrowly surpassing coal, which fell to 43.7 per cent, according to a study to be published next Monday by Forum Energii, a Warsaw-based energy think-tank, using data from Poland's grid operator. Natural gas made up the remainder.
[1] https://www.ft.com/content/ae920241-597e-49d9-a4b9-bfdfa9deabb6
> The shift comes as Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government accelerates efforts to diversify energy production in Poland, which despite recent progress remains a major producer of coal and the most coal-dependent country in the EU, with about 60 per cent of its electricity coming from the fossil fuel in 2024.
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> Last month renewable energy sources accounted for 44.1 per cent of Poland's electricity mix, narrowly surpassing coal, which fell to 43.7 per cent, according to a study to be published next Monday by Forum Energii, a Warsaw-based energy think-tank, using data from Poland's grid operator. Natural gas made up the remainder.
[1] https://www.ft.com/content/ae920241-597e-49d9-a4b9-bfdfa9deabb6
At this point, it’s everyone bar the US and (Score:2)
I don’t mean that everyone else is succeeding in reducing fossil fuel usage. But everyone else at least feels the obligation to pay lip service of some sort.
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It's probably the easiest way to be self sufficient for most countries that lack the fossil fuel reserves.
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Lip service doesn't solve anything.
It's good to see Poland making some progress, but Poland's energy is much dirtier than America's.
Last year, Poland generated 60% of its electricity from coal, and much of that was filthy lignite.
Last year, America generated 16% of its electricity from coal, a number that is dropping quickly.
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Not that we couldnt be doing better here in the US in regards to curbing emissions but we've been producing more electricity with renewables than with coal since 2022 [1]https://www.pbs.org/newshour/s... [pbs.org] . We also did it for the whole year of 2022 and not just the month of June as Poland has done here.
[1] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/electricity-generated-from-renewables-surpassed-coal-in-the-u-s-last-year