About 49.3% of net electricity generated in the European Union in the third quarter of this year (Q3) came from renewable energy sources, marking an increase of 3.8% compared to a share of 47.5% recorded in the same period in 2024, data published by the European Statistical Office (Eurostat) show.

Among EU Member States, in the third quarter of 2025 the highest share of renewables in net electricity generated was recorded in Denmark (95.9%), Austria (93.3%) and Estonia (85.6%), while Slovenia, Hungary, Ireland, Belgium, Romania, Greece, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Luxembourg have shares between 40% and 60%. The lowest shares were also in Malta (16.6%), the Czech Republic (19.7%) and Slovakia (21.1%).

In 21 EU Member States, the share of renewable energy sources in net electricity generation increased in the third quarter of this year. The largest annual increases were in Estonia (20.6 percentage points – pp), Latvia (18.9 pp) and Austria (16.3 pp).

The largest share of electricity generated from renewable energy sources came from solar (38.3%), wind (30.7%) and hydro (23.3%), followed by renewable fuels (7.2%) and geothermal energy (0.5%).