Il solare è la più grande fonte di energia dell’UE per la prima volta in assoluto! | Ember

I absolutely love solar. Of course, for ecological reasons, but also for geopolitical reasons.

Petrostates like Saudi Arabia, Azerbijan, Russia, USA, Qatar etc. will blackmail Europe as soon as they know we depend on them on anything.

The sun cannot blackmail us. It’s there, more or less strong based on the seasons or weather, but it’s there regardless, day after day, week after week, month after month. Until it blows up, but we’ll be long gone by then.

I’ve always thought that we got the messaging around solar wrong. We should have sold it more as a tool to be a strong independent Europe rather than a “woke eco-warrior” thing that the right has managed to push into the public discourse.

Man, gotta say, this is def a massive step in the right direction. Sure, solar has its own cons, but weanin’ off fossil fuels? Big win IMO! More power (pun intended lol) to renewable sources, man. We got one planet, let’s not screw it up anymore than we already have. Besides, those oil rigs ain’t exactly eye candy y’know. 🌍🌄⛽️🚫

4 points uptick within a year? That is not bad.
I think with this pace 40% by 2030 is doable.
And it complements wind very well as expected.

Since nuclear became a money-burning system and political feasibility shrinks due to final storage issues, this might be the only option for us in the EU.

We just need to work more on the storage part.

Solar and Wind will get more important due to it’s independent nature. (“But it’s not sunny all the time”, yes, that is why storage is needed more than ever AND wind is there for off seasons)

In California batteries are insanely efficient:
[LINK](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/05/06/multimedia/2024-04-16-grid-battery-storage-index/2024-04-16-grid-battery-storage-index-videoSixteenByNineJumbo1600-v3.png)

* Solar became the EU’s largest source of electricity for the first time in June 2025. National records for solar and wind rolled in across EU countries in May and June, pushing coal to an all-time low.
* **Solar power generated 22.1% of EU electricity (45.4 TWh) in June 2025, more than any other power source. This is an increase of 22% from June 2024. In second place was nuclear with 21.8% (44.7 TWh), followed by wind with 15.8% (32.4 TWh).**
* Solar reached new highs in the majority of EU countries in June 2025, **with at least thirteen countries recording their highest ever month of solar generation.** These solar records are largely a result of continuing installations of solar in recent years, alongside stretches of hot and sunny weather. Record solar helped the EU power system to handle higher levels of demand resulting from heatwaves that gripped the continent towards the end of June.
* This year, wind farms generated 16.6% (33.7 TWh) and 15.8% (32.4 TWh) of EU electricity in May and June respectively, the highest amounts ever in these months. This marks an impressive turnaround from relatively poor wind conditions at the start of the year. **While wind conditions were the main driver, new wind capacity has continued to be added since June 2024, with several large offshore wind farms commissioned over this period.**
* **Coal generated just 6.1% (12.6 TWh) of EU electricity in June 2025, down from 8.8% in June 2024.** The two countries that account for the vast majority of EU coal power (79% in June) both saw record lows in June, **with Germany generating just 12.4% (4.8 TWh) of its power from coal, and Poland 42.9% (5.1 TWh).** Four other countries recorded their lowest ever month of coal generation in June: Czechia (17.9%), Bulgaria (16.7%), Denmark (3.3%) and Spain (0.6%), which is approaching coal phase-out.
* Fossil fuels generated 23.6% (48.5 TWh) of EU electricity in June 2025, just above the record low of 22.9% in May 2024. Despite these lows in June, fossil generation in the first half of 2025 was 13% higher (+45.7 TWh) than in the first half of 2024, mainly due to higher levels of gas generation which increased by 19% (+35.5 TWh).
* This increase in gas generation in the first half of 2025 is partly explained by lower levels of hydro and wind generation in the first half of 2025 compared to a year earlier. The ongoing drought meant that the cumulative share of hydro in the power mix from January until June fell to 12.5% (164 TWh), a 15% decrease compared to the same period last year.
* Electricity demand as a whole continues its upwards trajectory. In the first half of 2025 the EU consumed 1,313 TWh of electricity, a 2.2% increase over last year. Five out of the first six months in 2025 saw higher demand than the same month in 2024.