Just over half the European Union’s power came from renewable sources in the second quarter of 2026, with the figure landing at 54.1%, according to new data from Eurostat. That’s a marginal decline from the 54.3% figure posted a year earlier, though the overall renewable share has remained fairly stable year-over-year.
Solar alone made up 41.6% of that renewable total, a notable climb from the 37.0% it represented twelve months prior. That growth made it the single largest contributor to the EU’s clean power supply and aligns with renewable energy data from other major markets.
Solar is still the king of renewable energy and accounts for the majority of the green energy produced globally, not just in the EU. Wind came in second, contributing 27.7%, and hydropower trailed just behind at 22.6%.
Combustible biomass and similar fuels made up another 7.7% of the renewable mix, with geothermal and other smaller sources rounding out the final 0.4%. Cumulatively, this brought the regional bloc’s share of renewable energy in Q2 2026 to 54%.
The picture varies dramatically from one member state to another. Latvia topped the list at 97.7%, leaning primarily on a combination of hydro and solar generation. Denmark followed closely at 94.3%, powered predominantly by wind, while Croatia came in third at 92.2%, relying heavily on hydro.
Slovakia sat at the bottom of the EU rankings, with renewables covering just 19.8% of its electricity output. Czechia was only slightly ahead at 20.9%, and Malta rounded out the bottom three at 24.5%. All three countries still draw much more heavily on conventional power sources than their EU counterparts.
That gap between the EU’s highest and lowest performers spans nearly 78%. It underscores how unevenly the bloc’s renewable transition has progressed so far, shaped heavily by each country’s natural resources and existing power infrastructure.
Nations with strong hydro capacity or coastal wind access, like Latvia, Denmark, and Croatia, continue to outpace countries still leaning on older, fossil fuel-based systems.
Solar’s growing share suggests the technology is playing an increasingly central role in the bloc’s overall renewable buildout, even as the EU’s total renewable share held roughly flat year-over-year. Whether that momentum continues will likely depend on how quickly solar capacity keeps expanding relative to wind and hydro, both of which remain subject to weather variability that can shift their contribution from one quarter to the next.
As the EU adopts more renewables within each member country’s energy mix, the addressable market for companies like Turbo Energy S.A. (NASDAQ: TURB) could expand dramatically.
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