In its 2026 report on the European electricity markets that was published on 22 January, specialist think tank Ember highlights the progress made by wind energy and solar energy—which were able, in 2025, to generate 30% of the EU’s electricity, surpassing fossil fuels’ share [of production] (29%) for the first time.
This progress has been marked by solar energy’s meteoric growth over the past few years, which has now reached 13% of the EU’s electricity generation. In...