Solar and wind energy surpassed fossil fuels for the first time in the European Union

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Solar and wind energy surpassed fossil fuels for the first time in the European Union

For at least one third of the total hours, half of the electricity produced in Portugal came from wind or solar, according to a report by the think tank Ember.

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