Renewables' share of EU energy use
Renewable sources made up 24.5% of the EU's gross final energy consumption in 2023, up 1.4 percentage points on 2022, and rose further to 25.2% in 2024. The EU has a binding target of at least 42.5% renewables by 2030, so the share must still rise sharply this decade.
Source: Eurostat — Share of energy from renewable sources (dataset nrg_ind_ren) (2024)
What it means
A quarter of the EU's total energy now comes from renewables, and the share is climbing about a point a year toward a 42.5% 2030 target. For an industrial operator that means grid-supplied electricity is steadily decarbonising on its own, strengthening the case for electrifying process heat and drives — every electric kilowatt-hour gets cleaner over time.
Context
Eurostat's nrg_ind_ren dataset tracks the share of energy from renewable sources in gross final energy consumption, the metric used to monitor the EU's Renewable Energy Directive targets. This measure spans electricity, heating and cooling, and transport — broader than the renewable share of electricity alone, which is higher. The 2023 figure of 24.5% and 2024 figure of 25.2% are EU-wide; the share varies widely by member state.
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