The sun rises behind power poles in the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, May 15, 2022. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





The sun sets behind the cole-fired power plant “Scholven” of the Uniper energy company in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Saturday, October 22, 2022. European Union energy ministers on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022 started seeking some common ground to flesh out the barest of tentative agreements that their leaders could find last week to soften the blow of the energy crisis for their citizens while maintaining a united front in the face of Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo by Michael Sohn/AP Photo)





A bucket wheel excavator is mining coal at the Garzweiler open-cast coal mine in Luetzerath, Germany, Wednesday, November 2, 2022. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





This aerial photograph taken on June 16, 2022, shows a wind turbine farm in the Baltic Sea, north-east of Rugen Island in Germany. (Photo by Fred Tanneau/AFP Photo)





Ashalim solar power station in the Negev desert, near kibbutz Ashalim, southern Israel, 19 July 2022. The Ashalim solar power station have the capacity of 121 megawatts by 50,600 computer-controlled heliostats and a Solar power tower strong enough to power 120,000 homes and producing 320 GWhr of energy per year. (Photo by Abir Sultan/EPA/EFE)





The facilities of the oil refinery on the industrial site of PCK-Raffinerie GmbH are illuminated in the evening in Schwedt, Germany, Wednesday, May 4, 2022. Crude oil from Russia arrives at the oil refinery via the “Friendship” pipeline. The Russian energy company Rosneft took over a large part of the refinery last year. Rosneft is Russia's largest oil producer. According to its own information, the plant in the Uckermark region processes 12 million tons of crude oil annually, making it one of the largest processing sites in Germany. (Photo by Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP Photo)





The sun sets behind electricity posts on the Aegean Sea island of Tilos, southeastern Greece, Monday, May 9, 2022. When deciding where to test green tech, Greek policymakers picked the remotest point on the map, tiny Tilos. Providing electricity and basic services, and even access by ferry is all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants. It's latest mission: Dealing with plastic. (Photo by Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Photo)





Tourists ride horses near Wind turbines on the grassland in Zhangbei county, in north China's Hebei province on August 15, 2022. The world's two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases are sparring on Twitter over climate policy, with China asking if the U.S. can deliver on the landmark climate legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden this week. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A foil electric surfer practice in front of the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm, during a warm autumn day in Pornichet, France on October 26, 2022. (Photo by Stephane Mahe/Reuters)





A view of the Milky Way over the windmills at the wasteland of La Lora, in Rocamundo, region of Cantabria, northern Spain, 29 May 2022. (Photo by Pedro Puente Hoyos/EPA/EFE)





A wind turbine is pictured in front of the rising sun in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, May 9, 2022. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





Steam and smoke rises from the Belchatow Coal Powered Station, as seen from an aircraft on October 12, 2022 in Belchatow, Poland. The Belchatow coal-powered station, with an output of 5,472 megawatts, is the world's largest lignite coal-fired power station. As Europe's most coal-dependent country, Poland relies on the power station to produce 70% of its power. (Photo by Omar Marques/Getty Images)





Pictured on Wednesday, September 28, 2022 is PS Waverley arriving at Clacton-on-Sea in Essex, passing the wind turbines. Waverley is the last seagoing passenger-carrying paddle steamer in the world which was built in 1946. (Photo by Kevin Jay/pictureexclusive.com)





A photo taken on October 16, 2022 shows a herd of sheep near the coal-fired power plant Neurath run by RWE and wind turbines in Luetzerath, western Germany. German multinational energy company RWE plans to entirely demolish houses in the village of Luetzerath for coal mining. RWE also brought forward its exit from coal power to 2030 on October 4, 2022 amid fears the country's plans to abandon fossil fuels are wobbling following the energy crisis caused by Russia's war in Ukraine. Russia's curtailing of gas exports to Germany in the wake of the Ukraine war has forced Berlin to make the radical decision to restart mothballed coal power stations, at least temporarily. (Photo by Ina Fassbender/AFP Photo)





A flash lights up the night sky above wind turbines with red position lights in Jacobsdorf, Germany, Friday, May 20, 2022. (Photo by Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP Photo)