Renewables supplied 54.1% of EU electricity in the second quarter of 2026, Eurostat says, down from 54.3% a year earlier. Renewable generation still rose 2.8% year on year, but total electricity output grew faster, by 3.2%; gas-fired generation increased 3.9%.
Across all energy use, including heating and transport, renewables accounted for 26.2% in 2025, up from 25.2% in 2024. The EU's target is 42.5% by 2030, with an aim to raise it to 45%; Eurostat says the bloc needs to add more than 16 percentage points in five years.
Renewable electricity generation varies widely by country: Latvia gets 97.7% of its electricity from renewables, followed by Denmark at 94% and Croatia at 92.2%. Slovakia is lowest at 19.8%, with Czechia at 20.9%. Experts cited in the report are concerned that infrastructure bottlenecks and skepticism in some member states are slowing progress.
