Europe Made More Electricity from Solar Than Coal In 2024

Long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shared this report from the Guardian:
More electricity was made from sunshine than coal in the EU last year, a report has found, in what analysts called a "milestone" for the clean energy transition. Solar panels generated 11% of the EU's electricity in 2024, while coal-burning power plants generated 10%, according to data from climate thinktank Ember...
Coal-burning in the EU power sector peaked in 2003 and has fallen by 68% since then. At the same time, clean