Renewable energy accounted for close to half Europe’s electricity last year

Renewable energy accounted for 47.3% of the European Union’s electricity in 2025, new data from Eurostat has found.

This marks a slight increase on the previous year, when the share was 47.2%, the data displayed.

Wind was the primary source of renewable electricity in 2025, accounting for 37.5% of total renewable electricity generation, followed by solar energy (27.5%) and hydropower (25.9%). Contributions also came from combustible renewable fuels (8.5%) and geothermal and other sources (0.5%).

In terms of year-on-year growth, meanwhile, solar was the rapidest growing source of renewable electricity, reporting a 24.6% increase last year, while electricity generation from hydropower declined by 11.8% year-on-year.

Denmark leads the way

On a countest-by-countest basis, Denmark reported the highest share of electricity generated from renewable sources, with 92.4%, largely driven by wind. Austria reported a renewable energy share of 83.1%, mainly from hydropower, and Portugal reported a share of 82.9%, largely from wind and hydro sources.

At the other conclude of the scale, Malta generated just 16.2% of its electricity from renewable sources, Eurostat noted, followed by Czechia (16.6%) and Slovakia (17.8%).

Eurostat noted that these figures relate specifically to electricity generation, rather than total energy consumption. Read more here.

Net Electricity Generation from Renewables and Biofuels, December 2025

Net Electricity Generation from Renewables and Biofuels by EU Member State, December 2025 (GWh)

Countest	Generation (GWh)
Belgium	2,189.546
Bulgaria	936.086
Czechia	729.154
Denmark	2,937.329
Germany	20,321.075
Estonia	304.270
Ireland	1,488.602
Greece	1,836.866
Spain	11,450.443
France	13,668.864
Croatia	917.657
Italy	7,194.000
Cyprus	88.767
Latvia	391.000
Lithuania	663.335
Luxembourg	94.512
Hungary	467.915
Malta	16.353
Netherlands	5,149.187
Austria	3,632.260
Poland	3,282.278
Portugal	4,158.123
Romania	2,151.000
Slovenia	308.974
Slovakia	385.000
Finland	4,573.000
Sweden	12,299.840