May has been a great month for renewable energies - both Germany and Portugal successfully powered their electricity supplies using purely renewable technologies. Data revealed from an analysis by national energy network figures showed the Portugal's electricity was powered by solar, wind and hydro for a total of 107consecutive hours.
Beginning in the morning of the 7 May, the country was powered by renewables until the following Wednesday evening. This follows news that Germany announced their own clean energy day on Sunday 15 May - where their power prices went into negative figures several times throughout the day, effectively paying their consumers to use the energy.
The support for Portugal's wind energy fell in 2012, but despite this drawback the country has added 550MW of wind capacity over the past three years. During 2015 Denmark's electricity demand was fulfilled by 42% wind power - 20% in Spain, 13% in Germany, and 11% in the UK.
Clean energy supporters marked this as a breakthrough and a 'historic turning point', especially since the UK enjoyed it's first ever coal-free electricity generation. Looking to the renewable energy targets from the EU, we will no doubt see more of these stories over the next four years.
Julian Morgan, managing director of the leading price comparison and switching service said, "As electricity becomes cheaper to produce, we hope that consumers will be able to enjoy savings passed on by their suppliers.
"Our message to consumers, is that this will be a long time coming for energy customers. In the meantime, always be sure that you are paying the most competitive prices by regularly comparing the market and finding out the best deals for you."
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