Renewables constituted 90% of added power in Europe in 2016
Renewable energy sources made up nearly 90% of the power added to Europe's electricity grids in 2016. From the 24.5 GW of the added capacity, 21.1 GW was from wind, solar, biomass and hydro. Moreover, wind overtook coal to become Europe's second largest form of power by capacity after gas, with Germany alone installing 44% of the new wind capacity.