According to the EWEA Wind in Power European Statistics for 2010 2010 was a record year in the EU with 55.4 GW of new electricity generating capacity installed, a 102% increase over 2009 installations. More natual gas generation capacity was installed than any other generating technology in 2010. The coal power sector installed more new capacity (4.1 GW) than it decommissioned (1.6 GW). Both the fuel oil and nuclear power sectors decommissioned significant capacity.
New capacity in 2010
- Natural gas – 28 GW (51% of new installed capacity)
- Solar PV – 12 GW (21.7%),
- Wind – 9.3 GW (16.7%).
- Coal – 4.1 GW (7.3%)
- Biomass – 573 MW (1%)
- Concentrated Solar Power – 405 MW (0.7%)
- Large Hydro – 208 MW (0.4%)
- Peat – 200 MW (0.4%)
- Waste – 149 MW (0.3%)
- Nuclear – 145 MW (0.3%)
- Small hydro – 25 MW
- Geothermal – 25 MW
- Tidal and wave – none
- Fuel oil – none
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