Energy from renewable sources in 2013

Energy from renewable sources means energy from renewable non-fossil sources, namely solid biofuels, solar photovoltaic, thermal, hydropower, liquid biofuels, renewable municipal waste and wind.
These charts are grouped by the share of renewables in the gross inland consumption of each country. Whilst they represent over 20% in Latvia, Sweden, Austria, Finland, Denmark and Portugal, in nine countries they are between 5-10%, and in the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Malta less than 5%.
Wood and other solid biomass are the largest contributors to the renewables mix, representing 46% of EU renewables, and more than 50% in 14 Member States. EU renewables mix diversity corresponds to national characteristics: biogas constitutes over 20% of the mix in Germany alone, liquid biofuels in Luxembourg and Malta (respectively 35% and 27%). Hydropower represents over 50% of Croatian renewables, while counting for over 20% in eight other countries. Solar’s share is above 20% in Malta, where this is also the case for thermal origin renewable energy, which counts for 50% of the mix in Cyprus. Wind accounts for 46% in Ireland, 27% in Spain, 24% in the United Kingdom and 21 and 22% respectively in Cyprus and Denmark.