Eurostat: From RES 35% of electricity in Greece in 2020
More than a third of the electricity consumed in 2020 in Greece was generated by renewable energy sourcesaccording to data released by Eurostat.
According to the same data, for the whole Union, RES accounted for 37% of gross electricity consumption compared to 34% in 2019.
Respectively, for the whole of the EU the wind and the Hydropower accounted for more than two thirds of the electricity generated from renewable sources (36% and 33%, respectively).
The remaining one third of electricity came from solar energy (14%), solid biofuels (8%) and other renewable sources (8%). According to Eurostat, solar energy is the fastest growing source: in 2008 it accounted for only 1% of the electricity consumed in the EU.
Among the Member States, the highest percentage (over 70%) of renewable energy sources were produced in Austria (78%) and Sweden (75%). Renewable electricity generation was also high, accounting for more than half of the electricity consumed in Denmark (65%), Portugal (58%), Croatia and Latvia (both 53%).
In contrast, the share of electricity from renewable sources was 15% or less in Malta (10%), Hungary and Cyprus (both 12%), Luxembourg (14%) and the Czech Republic (15%).