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Almost half of the electrical energy generated within the EU in 2024 got here from renewable vitality sources. And on this panorama, Denmark is excelled, whereas the Czech Republic is positioned within the final place. The report of the Eurostat regarding the manufacturing of vitality from renewable sources within the area in EU international locations is described to explain this image. 88.4% of the vitality produced in Denmark are primarily generated by the wind. Then there may be Portugal which has a manufacturing from renewables equal to 87.5% because of the sum between wind and hydroelectric. In third place Croatia with a share of 73.7% “mostly hydroelectric”.

Wind and hydroelectric are price over 2/3

“The wind and hydroelectric energy represent more than two thirds of the total electricity generated by renewable sources (39.1% and 29.9% respectively) – reads the Eurostat note -. The remaining third of electricity came from the sun (22.4%), from fuel fuels (8.1%) and only about 0.5%from geothermal energy “. The lowest shares of renewable vitality had been recorded in Luxembourg (5.1%), Malta (15.1%) and Czech Republic (15.9%). In the center of the rating there may be Italy that doesn’t attain 60%.

Over 19 years (from 2004 to 2023) the renewable vitality share is sort of tripled. “The EU has reached a 24.5% share of its gross energy consumption of energy from renewable sources in 2023, approximately 1.5 percentage points higher than 2022 and almost 3 times higher than 2004 (9.6%) – reads the Eurostat note -. The EU directive 2023/2413 on promoting the use of energy from renewable sources has revised upwards the EU objective for renewable energy of 2030 from 32% to 42.5% (with the aim of increasing it to 45%) “.

The Italian image

In Italy, in line with the surveys of Terna, the corporate that manages the nationwide transmission community, renewable sources “have recorded the highest data ever coverage of demand, equal to 41.2% (compared to 37.1% in 2023)”. “The value – he adds – is increasing thanks to the positive contribution, in particular, of hydroelectric and photovoltaic production”. At the territorial degree, the variation {of electrical} demand was rising in all places: +2.2% within the north, +2.3% within the middle and +2.1% within the south and within the islands.

With regard to the supply, Terna writes in January, “in 2024 there was a significant growth of renewable production (+13.4%) and a slight decline in the net balance with abroad (-0.5%), as a consequence of a strong increase in exports (+47.9%compared to 2023) and one more modest than import (+2.4%)”.