2024 yearly report
The production of green energy continues to grow. Renewable sources now provide 50% of the electricity produced by the countries listed below. Solar energy has seen the largest increase in production.
Nuclear energy remains the main source of electricity, while coal, gas, and oil usage has decreased.
Among the countries analyzed, only six reduced their renewable energy output, accounting for less than 3% of total production. The rest have either maintained or increased their production.
Aggregated production by energy source for 2024
The following table is an aggregated comparison between 2024 and the previous year for the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
Energy source | Renewable | Production 2023 | Production 2024 |
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Biomass | 91.5 TWh (3.3%) | 97.5 TWh (3.5%) | |
Geothermal | 5.3 TWh (0.2%) | 5.1 TWh (0.2%) | |
Hydro | 445.0 TWh (16.1%) | 480.9 TWh (17.2%) | |
Hydro Storage | 47.6 TWh (1.7%) | 54.3 TWh (1.9%) | |
Solar | 215.7 TWh (7.9%) | 253.7 TWh (9.1%) | |
Wind | 416.8 TWh (15.1%) | 421.6 TWh (15.1%) | |
Wind (Offshore) | 74.1 TWh (2.7%) | 84.6 TWh (3.0%) | |
Coal | 151.2 TWh (5.5%) | 114.0 TWh (4.1%) | |
Coal (Lignite) | 186.7 TWh (6.8%) | 172.6 TWh (6.2%) | |
Gas | 427.1 TWh (15.5%) | 384.1 TWh (13.8%) | |
Nuclear | 631.6 TWh (23.0%) | 656.8 TWh (23.5%) | |
Oil | 11.7 TWh (0.4%) | 10.3 TWh (0.4%) | |
Other | 33.8 TWh (1.2%) | 38.0 TWh (1.4%) | |
Waste | 16.9 TWh (0.6%) | 18.0 TWh (0.6%) |