Nearly half of the electricity generated in the EU in 2025 came from renewable sources, new figures show.
Renewables accounted for 47.3% of the EU’s net electricity generation last year, up slightly from 47.2% in 2024, Eurostat reported on Thursday.
Renewable electricity includes power produced from sources such as wind, solar and hydro.
Wind was the biggest renewable source, making up 37.5% of the EU’s renewable electricity in 2025.
Solar provided 27.5%, while hydro accounted for 25.9%.
Solar power recorded the fastest growth compared with 2024, with generation rising by 24.6% in 2025.
Over the same period, electricity generation from hydro fell by 11.8%.
Denmark, Austria and Portugal top the rankings
Denmark recorded the highest share of electricity generated from renewables among EU countries in 2025 at 92.4%, with most of it coming from wind, Eurostat said.
Austria followed with 83.1%, mostly from hydro, and Portugal was close behind on 82.9%, largely from hydro and wind.
The lowest shares were recorded in Malta at 16.2%, Czechia at 16.6% and Slovakia at 17.8%.
