Europe’s power sector could be the first on the continent to decarbonize

Technologies for wind- and solar-power generation are already available at scale today in Europe, so the EU power sector could reach net-zero emissions in the next 25 years. And the demand for clean power could double as other sectors switch to renewable power sources.

Carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions by industry sector, 1990–2050.

To read the article, see “How the European Union could achieve net-zero emissions at net-zero cost,” December 3, 2020.