03/01/24 (Agence Europe) – The share of renewable sources in gross final energy consumption at EU level reached 23% in 2022, according to Eurostat on 22 December. Compared to 2021, this represents an increase of 1.1 percentage points. With almost two-thirds (66%) of its gross final energy consumption in 2022 coming from renewable sources, Sweden is at the top of the EU rankings. It is followed by Finland (47.9%), Latvia (43.3%), Denmark (41.6%), Estonia (38.5%), Portugal (34.7%) and Austria (33.8%). The countries with the lowest share of renewable sources are Ireland (13.1%), Malta (13.4%), Belgium (13.8%) and Luxembourg (14.4%). To see the Eurostat publication: https://aeur.eu/f/a9n (PLD)