Independent climate and energy think tank Ember conducted the assessment, which revealed the top 15 wind and solar power countries. It found that Denmark is leading the way, generating 61 per cent of its electricity from the two renewable sources, followed by Uruguay on 44 per cent.
The UK comes in sixth in the ranking, behind Ireland, Germany and Spain, generating 29 per cent of its power from wind and solar in 2020, the analysis found.
“Wind and solar will be the backbone of the electricity system of the future. Countries like the UK already prove that wind and solar are up to the job,” said Charles Moore, Ember’s Europe lead.
The rankings come after Ember’s recent global electricity review, which revealed that wind and solar produced almost a tenth of the world’s electricity in 2020, doubling since 2015 when they generated 5 per cent of global power.
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