Europe posts record year for clean energy

FILE - Wind turbines spin at the Klettwitz Nord solar energy park near Klettwitz, Germany, Oct. 15, 2024. FILE - The Jaenschwalde coal-fired power plant operates in Jaenschwalde, Germany, Oct. 16, 2024.

A record 47% of the European Union's electricity now comes from solar and other renewables, a report Thursday said, in yet another sign of the growing gap between the bloc's push for clean energy and the new U.S. administration's pursuit of more fossil fuels.