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.

Nearly three-quarters of the EU’s electricity doesn’t emit planet-warming gases into the air — with 24% of electricity in the bloc coming from nuclear power, which also doesn’t release greenhouse gases, a report released by the climate energy think tank Ember found.

This is far higher than in countries like the United States and China, where nearly two-thirds of energy is still produced from carbon-polluting fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas.

Experts say they’re encouraged by Europe’s fossil fuel reductions, particularly as the U.S. looks set to increase its emissions as its new president pledges cheaper gas prices, has halted leases for wind projects and pledged to revoke Biden-era incentives for electric vehicles.

“Fossil fuels are losing their grip on EU energy,” said Chris Rosslowe, an energy expert at Ember. In 2024, solar power generated 11% of EU electricity, overtaking coal, which fell below 10% for the first time. Clean wind power generated more electricity than gas for the second year in a row.

Ember’s data for 2024 shows the U.S. generated 22.7% of its electricity from renewables with 30.6% for China.

One reason for Europe’s clean power transition moving at pace is the European Green Deal, an ambitious policy passed in 2019 that paved the way for climate laws to be updated. As a result, the EU members made their targets more ambitious, aiming to cut 55% of emissions by the end of the decade.