According to Eurostat data
23% of energy consumed in 2022 in the EU and 22.7% of energy consumed in Hellas, It came from renewable energy sources, according to Eurostat data released today.
In 2021 the share of renewable sources in gross final consumption energy at EU level it was 21.9%, i.e. an increase of 1.1 percentage points in 2022.
The revised Renewable Energy Directive raised its target EU for consumption from renewable sources in 2030 from 32% to 42.5% (with the aim of increasing it to 45%). EU countries must step up their efforts to collectively comply with the EU’s new 2030 target, which calls for an increase in the share of renewables in the EU’s gross final energy consumption by nearly 20 percentage points.
Among EU countries, the highest percentage of energy consumption from renewable sources is recorded in 2022 in Sweden with 66%, which is mainly based on hydroelectricity, wind, solid and liquid biofuels, as well as heat pumps. Finland follows with 47.9% renewable consumption, also relying on hydro, wind and solid biofuels. Latvia ranks third with 43.3%, which depends mainly on hydropower, and Denmark ranks fourth with 41.6%, followed by Estonia 38.5%, relying mainly on wind and solid biofuels. Portugal with 34.7% relies on solid biofuels, wind, hydroelectric and heat pumps, while Austria with 33.8% used mainly hydroelectric and solid biofuels.
The lowest percentages of renewable energy were recorded in Ireland (13.1%), Malta (13.4%), Belgium (13.8%) and Luxembourg (14.4%).
Overall, 17 of the 27 EU Member States reported rates below the EU average of 23% in 2022.
Greece is very close to the European average with a percentage of 22.7% of renewable sources in the final energy consumption in 2022, a percentage that increased compared to 2021 (22%).
