In the first quarter of 2026, 45.5% of the electricity generated in the EU came from renewable energy sources. This represents an increase from the same quarter of 2025, when the share was 42.7%. Wind was the primary source of renewable electricity in the EU, accounting for 44.9% of the total renewable electricity, against 42.3% in the first […]
Renewable energy accounted for a record 58% of Germany’s electricity consumption in the first half of 2026, up from 55.8% in the same period last year, according to the latest estimates published on Wednesday by industry associations ZSW and BDEW, cited by OilPrice. Germany is aiming to boost its solar and wind power generation sectors […]
This morning, which is still one of a winter working day, dispatchable photovoltaic parks have become Romania’s leading source of electricity generation. The instantaneous power delivered by dispatchable photovoltaic parks to the national energy system was 1,467 MW at 10:33, according to real-time data from Transelectrica. Thus, for the first time for Romania at this […]
The National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) has approved renewable energy production capacities with a total power of 849.36 MW and storage capacities of 596 MW, according to a press release from the institution. According to the cited source, within the Regulatory Committee, meeting on Tuesday, February 17, of the total of these capacities, the largest […]
In 2024, renewable energy sources accounted for 47.5% of gross electricity consumption in the EU, indicating a 2.1 percentage points (pp) increase from 2023. It has almost tripled (+30 pp) since the time series began in 2004. The share stood at 15.9% in 2004, increased to 28.6% in 2014 and jumped to 47.5% in 2024. […]
In 2024, 25.2% of gross final energy consumption in the EU came from renewable sources, up by 0.7 percentage points compared with 2023. This share is 17.3 pp short of meeting the 2030 target (42.5%), which would require an annual average increase of 2.9 pp from 2025 to 2030. Among the EU countries, Sweden recorded […]
The expansion of photovoltaics seems to be showing signs of fatigue in Europe in general. Not so in Romania, which in 2025 recorded the highest percentage increase in installed capacity among the top ten European markets, according to data from the latest report by Solar Power Europe, the European photovoltaic industry association. Romania entered the […]
In the third quarter of 2025, 49.3% of net electricity generated in the EU came from renewable energy sources, an increase of 3.8% compared with the 47.5% registered in the same quarter of 2024. Among EU countries, in the third quarter of 2025, Denmark, with 95.9%, had the highest share of renewables in net electricity […]
Key figures on the EU in the world combines Eurostat data with international sources to provide a clear picture of the EU’s position in the global arena. Today, we highlight the EU’s share of renewables in its total energy supply, compared to other countries in the world. In 2022, renewables accounted for 18.9% of the […]
Renewables generated more than half of Britain’s electricity production last year for the first time, a new record for clean energy sources, DPA reports, as reported by Agerpres. Solar, wind, hydro and biomass generated 50.4% of the UK’s electricity production in 2024, official data shows, thanks to record high levels of bioenergy and wind power. […]
The European Commission has sent letters of formal notice to 26 Member States, including Romania, for failing to communicate to the European Commission the full transposition into national law of the provisions of the amending Directive (EU) 2023/2413 on the promotion of energy from renewable sources, the EC announced. The countries that received letters are: […]
As part of its efforts to bring down the cost of electricity supply and make electricity bills more affordable for Europeans, the Commission has today provided new guidance to EU countries. It will facilitate the uptake of innovative renewable energy sources and forms of deployment, accelerate the rollout of grids and storage infrastructure and design […]
21 May 2025 is the deadline for the transposition of a series of key provisions to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy, as required under in the revised Renewable Energy Directive. Agreed by the co-legislators in 2023 and in force since 20 November 2023, the ultimate ambition of the directive is to achieve the EU’s […]
The use of renewable energy sources for heating and cooling continued to grow in the European Union, and the share of energy from renewable sources in those areas reached 26.2% in 2023, the highest level since the start of the publication of statistical data in 2004, when it was 11.7%, Eurostat announced, BTA reports. The […]
