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"The European Union has saved billions of euros thanks to the use of renewable energy sources (RES)," the electronic publication Euractiv reported.

"Through the use of energy obtained from the sun and wind, natural gas imports worth a total of 99 billion euros were avoided in the period March-September this year. This is 11 billion more than in the same reporting period of 2021." , the outlet added.

"Since this March, renewable energy sources have produced 25% of the electricity in the EU, which made it possible to avoid the import of 70 billion cubic meters of natural gas," the publication also wrote.

The participation of RES in the transmission network increases by more than 20% on an annual basis

"Since March, 19 EU countries have achieved a record growth in the production of electricity from RES. On an annual basis, the first place belongs to Poland (+48.5%)", Euractiv pointed out.