Renewable energy sources (RES) in the European Union accounted for 54% of total electricity generation in the second quarter of 2025, up 1.3 percentage points from 52.7% a year earlier, the EU statistics office said.
This was mainly due to higher generation from solar power plants (SPPs), which accounted for 19.9% of total output.
At the same time, June was the first month in history when SES accounted for the bulk of generation (22%). This was followed by nuclear power plants (21.6%), wind power plants (15.8%), hydropower plants (14.1%) and gas-fired power plants (13.8%).
The most significant share of RES in total generation was recorded in Denmark (94.7%), where RES account for a significant amount of electricity generation. This is followed by Latvia (93.4%), Austria (91.8%), Croatia (89.5%) and Portugal (85.6%).
The lowest share of RES is in Slovakia (19.9%), Malta (21.2%) and the Czech Republic (22.1%).
