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February 19

Data update

Explore updated data on electricity production in Europe

Pablo Rosado

Electricity is one major part of how we use energy, alongside transport and heating.

From which sources are countries getting their electricity? Are countries moving away from fossil fuels and toward low-carbon sources like renewables and nuclear?

To help you track this, I recently updated our charts with the 2026 European Electricity Review from Ember, an energy think tank. With this update, our charts now include 2025 data for European countries, including Turkey.

We expect Ember’s Global Electricity Review for 2026 to be released later this spring.

Explore all of the updated data in our interactive charts
Share of electricity generation from fossil fuels, renewables and nuclear, European Union (27) Line chart of electricity generation shares in the EU (27) from 1985 to 2025, measured as a percentage of total electricity with the vertical axis running from 0% to 60%. Fossil fuels start near 55% in 1985, remain around 50% through the 1990s and 2000s, then decline sharply from the 2010s to roughly 30% by 2025. Nuclear rises to about 30% in the mid-1990s then gradually falls to about 20% to 25% by 2025. Renewables begin around 15% in 1985, stay relatively flat until about 2010, then increase rapidly, passing nuclear in the mid-2010s and overtaking fossil fuels in the early 2020s to become the largest share at roughly 45% to 50% by 2025. Renewables in the chart include solar, wind, hydropower, bioenergy, geothermal, wave, and tidal. Data source: Ember (2026); Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2025). License: CC BY.