Wind, sun and water. How Europe set a yearly record for green energy production

Renewable sources accounted for 47% of electricity generated in the European Union in 2024. In absolute terms — 1,300 TWh.

This figure became a record, because in 2023, renewable sources accounted for 44.8% of electricity generated in the EU. This is evidenced by the data of the European Electricity Review 2025 study by the British think tank Ember.

Main sources of renewable energy in the EU:

— wind power plants, 17.4% of total electricity production;

— hydropower, 13.2%;

— solar power plants, 11.1%;

— bioenergy, 5.5%.

If nuclear energy is also considered an environmentally friendly source, then the share of environmentally friendly sources will exceed 71% of all electricity production in the EU, the authors of the study believe.

Over the past five years’years (since 2019) the share of fossil fuels has decreased from 39% to 29%, in particular gas — from 20% to less than 16%.

«Fossil fuels are increasingly losing their influence on the EU's energy supply. When the Green Deal was launched in 2019, few thought the energy transition could happen so quickly», — said Ember's senior energy and climate data analyst Chris Rosslow.

Ember has published this report for the ninth time. In preparing the study, the center analyzes data on electricity production and consumption in all EU countries.