Oil and gas make up the bulk of the UK's energy consumption, accounting for 35% and 38% respectively. In addition, the share of renewable energy consumption has grown from 1% to 17% over the past 20 years. Among the renewable energy sources, the proportion of wind energy has increased to 56%, which means that changes in wind energy will affect about 9% of the UK's energy supply.
Compared with the United Kingdom, Germany's main energy source still retains coal, accounting for 15%, but the top three energy consumption still comes from oil, natural gas and renewable energy, accounting for 35%, 26% and 18% respectively. %. In Germany's renewable energy, the proportion of wind energy has also reached 53%.
Sanctioning Russia is like catching the gas throat of the entire EU, and catching the fracture point of the EU's existing energy structure.
Therefore, on Monday (February 28), local time, the German climate department proposed a new draft legislation to make the goal of 100% renewable energy generation by 2035, which is 15 years earlier than the original time.
This move by Germany is an inevitable part of the global carbon neutrality goal, but it also shows that countries will pay more attention to renewable energy, and the adjustment of the global energy structure, which is already under adjustment, will be greatly accelerated.
According to the latest report of the American Solar Energy Industry Association, solar energy has surpassed coal, wind energy and natural gas in new power generation in the past ten years, becoming the largest contributor to the increase. Among them, photovoltaic accounted for 96%.