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Europe's Brisk Energy Transition

Europe's evolution toward a heavier reliance on renewable energy is nicely documented in a report released this week by Eurostat, the European Union's statistics agency. The study, "Statistical Aspects of the Energy Economy in 2009," provides a wealth of interesting detail without a lot of editorializing.

From 2008 to 2009 alone, the use of renewable energy in the European Union increased 8.3 percent. As I've reported as part of our continuing series,

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