Austria uses 100 percent renewable electricity: Facts you should know : Did you know?

The 100 percent electricity in Austria's largest state is
generated using renewable sources of energy. This was announced by the
State's Governor Erwin Proell on November 5, 2015.

Here are some facts you might find interesting about the project:

• A
  total of 63 percent of Lower Austria's electricity now comes from
  hydroelectric power. Another 26 percent is from wind energy, nine
  percent from biomass and two percent from solar energy

• Lower
  Austria ranks fourth with regard to population density even though it
  contains Vienna's suburbs; this is due to large areas of land being
  predominantly agricultural. Lower Austria includes the country's capital
  Vienna, which has a population of 1.6 million

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Austria uses 100 percent renewable electricity: Facts you should know : Did you know?