In the calculation data for the first half of 2023 included in an EMBER report, Greece ranks among the countries with the best performance in electricity generation from renewable energy sources (RE). Specifically, a total of 17 countries recorded renewable electricity production, with Greece and Romania exceeding 50% for the first time, while Denmark and Portugal exceed 75%. These figures were published in the EMBER report.
According to the report, the rapid development of renewable energy sources (REs) in recent years has allowed both the European Union and the individual Member States to record impressive achievements during the period under review. The percentage of electricity generation from wind and photovoltaic sources exceeded 30% at EU level for the first time in May and June, and overall surpassed the rate of production from fossil fuels in May.
Regarding the newly installed renewable energy (RE) power in the first half of 2023 compared to a year ago, EMBER points out that the results replace efforts to accelerate the adoption of renewables, especially with impressive performance in the field of photovoltaic energy.
After a record 33 GW in 2022, the growth rate continued in 2023. In the first six months of the year, Germany showed the best yield with 6.5 GW (+10%) of new installed photovoltaic capacity, while Poland increased by 2 GW (+17%) and Belgium by 1.2 GW (+19%).
An illustrative example is Italy, which installed 2.5 GW of new power in the first half of the year, while it had installed 3 GW throughout the previous year. Finally, France is increasing its capacity by 600 MW, while Spain expects to close the year with an installed capacity of 7 GW, compared to 4.5 GW in 2022.
With regard to the values, as shown in the chart below from the EMBER study, there has been a significant decrease from the high points achieved, but they remain higher than the average for the period 2018-2020.
