Nearly 40% of the electricity consumed in the EU in 2020 came from renewable sources, Reuters reported with reference to Eurostat.
“EU countries use renewable sources to cover 37% of their gross electricity consumption. In 2019, this figure was 34%,” Eurostat noted.
Austria and Sweden became the leaders in green energy consumption – in these countries, the share of RES exceeds 75%. More than 50% – in Denmark, Portugal, Croatia, and Latvia.
However, EU countries lag far behind the states that are not members of the alliance. Iceland and Norway produced more clean energy in 2020 than they consumed.
Although it is the largest oil producer in Western Europe, Norway generates most of its electricity from hydropower. Iceland benefits from an abundance of geothermal energy.
The worst countries are Hungary, Malta, and Cyprus. In these states, the share of renewable energy sources does not exceed 10%.