Wind turbine orders across Europe hit 15 GW in 2020, according to WindEurope, with sales rising 74% against 2019. Of this figure, 8.2 GW of orders were attributed to onshore wind – a 13% increase – while offshore wind grew six-fold to reach 6.4 GW. The UK ordered the most capacity (4.4 GW), followed by the Netherlands (2.4 GW) and Sweden (1.4 GW), as part of 104 orders coming from 19 different countries across the continent. China’s rise in coal output through 2020 undermines its recent pledge to reach net zero emissions by 2060. The country, which is the largest consumer of coal, produced 3.84 billion tons from its mines in 2020, up 4% from 2019. This marks the nation’s…