In 2025, 47.3 per cent of the EU’s electricity was generated from renewable sources

Brussels – In 2025, 47.3 per cent of the electricity produced within the European Union was generated from renewable sources. This figure is broadly in line with that recorded in 2024, which stood at 47.2 per cent. The data was revealed today (19 March) in a report by Eurostat, the European statistics office, analysing the EU’s progress towards the energy transition. 

Most of the renewable energy used to generate electricity over the past year came from wind power (37.5 per cent of the total). In second place is solar energy (27.5 per cent), followed by hydroelectric power, which accounted for 25.9 per cent of the electricity produced from sustainable sources. Minor shares were recorded for renewable fuels such as biomass or biogas (8.5 per cent) and geothermal energy (0.5 per cent). 

A comparison with the 2024 figures reveals differing trends across the various energy sources. The most significant year-on-year growth is in solar energy, whose contribution to electricity generation has increased by 24.6 per cent compared to 2024. European investment in solar energy has yielded significant results, given that in 2008, only 1 per cent of the EU’s electricity was generated from sunlight. Hydropower, on the other hand, recorded a significant decline (-11.8 per cent year-on-year), whilst the changes in wind power and green fuels were more modest: the former lost around 2 percentage points, whilst the latter gained 0.5 percentage points. 

As for the figures for individual countries, Denmark, with its impressive offshore wind turbine system, tops the list of EU countries with the highest percentage of electricity generated from renewable sources: Copenhagen accounts for 92.4 per cent of the total. Next come Austria, with 81.3 per cent, mainly contributed by hydroelectric power, and Portugal (82.9 per cent). Bringing up the rear, however, are Malta (16.2 per cent), the Czech Republic (16.6 per cent), and Slovakia (17.8 per cent). Among the continent’s major countries, Germany generates around 55 per cent of its electricity from renewables, Spain stands at around 54 per cent, Italy is almost exactly in line with the EU average of 47.3 per cent, whilst France, at 28 per cent, ranks lowest.