More than half of the electricity produced in Finland last year came from renewable energy sources, according to preliminary figures released by Statistics Finland on Tuesday.
This marks the first time the share of renewable sources has risen above 50 percent, the number-crunching agency noted.
“Electricity produced with renewable energy sources totalled a record amount of 34.7 TWh. For the first time, renewable energy sources covered more than one half of Finland’s electricity production: 52 percent,” the agency’s press release stated.
The rise in renewables was mostly driven by the “considerable” increase in the use of hydro and wind power, which accounted respectively for 45 percent and 23 percent of all renewable electricity generated in 2020.
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