A quarter of EU energy comes from renewables. Which countries use the most?

Renewable energy consumed in the EU keeps growing, but not as fast as it should to meet 2030 targets.

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00:00A quarter of the energy used in the EU comes from renewable sources, which countries use the most.

00:14Renewable energy made up 24.5% of the EU's energy use in 2023, says the latest Eurostat report.

00:24That's a 7% growth compared to 10 years ago, but still 18 points away from the target of 42.5% set for 2030.

00:37Reaching this goal would require an annual increase of 2.6 points, when the average year-on-year growth in the last decade was only 0.79%.

00:50Sweden tops the chart of clean energy consumption with over 66%.

00:56Its main sources were solid biofuel, hydro and wind.

01:02Finland is second with a nearly 51% rate of clean energy, followed by another Nordic country, Denmark, with almost 45%.

01:15The lowest rates were reported in Luxembourg, Belgium and Malta.

01:21With over 46%, Albania stands out as the EU candidate country with the highest rate.