00:00Is Europe's renewable energy boom slowing down?
00:06According to Eurostat, 54.1% of the EU's electricity came from renewable sources in the
00:13second quarter of 2026. Growth has barely moved in a year, a sign it may be slowing.
00:19Solar remains the single biggest contributor at 41.6%, wind follows at 27.7% and hydropower
00:29at 22.6%. The gap between countries remains wide. Latvia tops the list, generating 97.7%
00:37of its electricity from renewables, powered mainly by hydro and solar, with Denmark close
00:43behind at more than 94%. Slovakia sits at the other end at less than 20%, alongside Czechia,
00:50still relying mostly on fossil fuels. But electricity is only part of the picture.
00:56Looking at all the energy Europeans use, renewables made up just 26.2% last year. When we break
01:04down individual sectors, heating and cooling reached 27.4% in 2025, while transport stood
01:11at 11.2% back in 2024. And the EU has a much bigger target to hit. Brussels wants renewables
01:19to reach 42.5% of all energy used by 2030. But some are concerned that the block is currently
01:27falling short of the pace needed to get there.
