Fossil fuels for power at turning point as renewables surged in 2019 - data

FILE PHOTO: A general view of Adani Power Company thermal power plant is pictured at Mundra in the western Indian state of Gujarat September 24, 2012. REUTERS/Amit Dave

TOKYO (Reuters) - The use of fossil fuels such as coal and oil for generating electricity fell in 2019 in the United States, the European Union and India, at the same time overall power output rose, a turning point for the global energy mix.

Those countries and regions are three of the top four largest producers of power from fossil fuels. The declines suggest the end of the fossil fuel era could be on the horizon, said Tomas Kaberger, an energy professor at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, who provided the power generation data to Reuters.