According to Eurostat, electricity production from renewable sources in the European Union increased by almost 5% from 2020 to 2021.

In 2021, wind and hydro power accounted for more than two-thirds of all electricity generated from renewable sources (37% and 32%, respectively).

The remaining third of electricity comes from solar energy (15%), solid biofuels (7%) and other renewable energy sources (8%).

According to Eurostat, solar energy is the fastest growing source of energysince in 2008 it was only 1% of electricity consumed in the EU.

In 2021, the Member States with the highest share of gross electricity consumption generated from renewable sources were Austria (76.2%, mainly from hydropower) and Sweden (75.7%, mainly from hydropower and wind). This is followed by Denmark (62.6%, mostly wind), Portugal (58.4%, wind and hydro) and Croatia (53.5%, mostly hydro).

At the other end of the scale, the lowest shares of electricity from renewable sources were in Malta (9.7%), Hungary (13.7%), Luxembourg (14.2%), the Czech Republic (14.5%) and Cyprus (14.5%). 8%).

In Greece, the share of electricity from renewable sources in 2021 was slightly lower than the EU average, i.e. about 36%.

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