Renewable energy generation in Belgium increased 17% in 2019, according to data from the country’s transmission system operator Elia.
Elia said on- and offshore wind and solar power generated 11.52 terrawatt-hours last year, compared with 9.82TWh in 2018.
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The company said the majority of the electricity came from solar in the summer and wind in the winter.
It noted that renewables delivered a record 16% (1.17TWh) of the country’s electricity load in December last year.
Offshore and onshore generation records were also broken in December.
Offshore delivered 616 gigawatt-hours, with the previous record of 517GWh set in October.
Onshore wind output was 499GWh, beating the previous record set in March 2019 of 460GWh.