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Low-carbon electricity or low-carbon power is electricity produced with substantially lower greenhouse gas emissions over the entire lifecycle than power generation using fossil fuels.[citation needed] The energy transition to low-carbon power is one of the most important actions required to limit climate change.[1]
Low carbon power generation sources include wind power, solar power, nuclear power and most hydropower.[2][3] The term largely excludes conventional fossil fuel plant sources, and is only used to describe a particular subset of operating fossil fuel power systems, specifically, those that are successfully coupled with a flue gas carbon capture and storage (CCS) system.[4] Globally almost 40% of electricity generation came from low-carbon sources in 2020: about 10% being nuclear power, almost 10% wind and solar, and around 20% hydropower and other renewables.[1]
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- ^ "The European Strategic Energy Technology Plan SET-Plan Towards a low-carbon future" (PDF). 2010. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2014.
... nuclear plants ... currently provide 1/3 of the EU's electricity and 2/3 of its low-carbon energy.
- ^ "Innovation funding opportunities for low-carbon technologies: 2010 to 2015". GOV.UK. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
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