EU renewable electricity share hits 50% in 2025, Cyprus among lowest

Eurostat provisional data show that renewable sources supplied 49.9% of the European Union’s gross electricity consumption in 2025, a rise of 2.4 percentage points from 2024. In the same year, renewables accounted for 26.2% of the EU’s total final energy consumption, up from 25.2% in 2024, still below the bloc’s 2030 target of 42.5% that will require an average annual increase of 3.3 points from 2026 onward.

Among member states, Cyprus recorded the smallest share of renewable electricity at 27.5%, followed by Malta (11.2%), the Czech Republic (19.2%), Luxembourg (23.3%) and Slovakia (24.1%). The highest shares were observed in Austria, where 90.8% of electricity came from renewables, and Sweden, with 89.2%. Sweden also led in overall final‑energy renewables at 65.4%, followed by Finland (53.0%) and Denmark (48.2%).

Renewable use for heating and cooling continued to rise, reaching 27.4% of EU consumption in 2025, the highest level since data collection began in 2004.